In December last year, Microsoft's exFAT on Linux received some really hefty gains in terms of performance thanks to Sony. Internal tests showed close to 60% gains in some instances . Speaking of file systems, Microsoft has now added support for XFS as root file system type for CBL-Mariner, which is Microsoft's Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances. . The change was introduced with the latest version 2.0.20230426 for CBL-Mariner where the changelog notes "Adding XFS as a root filesystem type". Over on the pull requests section of the GitHub page, developer AZaugg has provided a summary of the change (via Phoronix) On that note, other file systems on Linux are also getting performance improvements and optimizations. These include F2FS, Btrfs, and EXT4 . Besides these, the Linux implementation of Microsoft's NTFS file system (NTFS3) is also set to receive optimizations. . Microsoft has enhanced CBL-Mariner by enabling XFS as the primary file system, boosting performance metrics for Azure offerings. Discover more insights.. XFS Root File System, CBL-Mariner Update, Performance Enhancements. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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