File systems provide structure and a way to store data on computer systems. From the early days of FAT and NTFS, we now see a proliferation of file systems in the enterprise. Why do we have so many and what benefits do they offer? In this episode, Chris and Martin look at the evolution of the file system and why solutions have been developed to meet specific application requirements. Much of file system development has been driven from the improvement of hardware technology. Larger HDDs meant supporting more file system metadata and so the evolution …
