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Also known as Reiser File System

ReiserFS is a general-purpose, journaling file system initially designed and implemented by a team at Namesys led by Hans Reiser and licensed under GPLv2. Introduced in version 2.4.1 of the Linux kernel, it was the first journaling file system to be included in the standard kernel. ReiserFS was the default file system in Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise until Novell decided to move to ext3 for future releases on October 12, 2006.

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File system.name
ReiserFS 3.6
File system.full_name
ReiserFS
File system.developer
Namesys
File system.introduction_os
Linux 2.4.1
File system.OS
Linux, ReactOS
File system.directory_struct
B+ tree
File system.file_struct
Bitmap
File system.max_filename_size
4032 bytes, limited to 255 by Linux VFS
File system.max_files_no
232−3 (~4 billion)
File system.max_volume_size
16 TiB
File system.max_file_size
1 EiB (8 TiB on 32 bit systems)
File system.filename_character_set
All bytes except NUL and
File system.dates_recorded
Modification (mtime), metadata change (ctime), access (atime)
File system.date_range
December 14, 1901 – January 18, 2038 (32-bit Unix time)
File system.date_resolution
1 s
File system.forks_streams
Extended attributes
File system.file_system_permissions
Unix permissions, ACLs and arbitrary security attributes
File system.compression
No

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partition type identifier
0x83
software version identifier
5.7.1
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ReiserFS is a general-purpose, journaling file system initially designed and implemented by a team at Namesys led by Hans Reiser and licensed under GPLv2. Introduced in version 2.4.1 of the Linux kernel, it was the first journaling file system to be included in the standard kernel. ReiserFS was the default file system in Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise until Novell decided to move to ext3 for future releases on October 12, 2006.

ReiserFS version 3.6, now occasionally referred to as Reiser3, introduced a new on-disk format allowing larger filesizes. Namesys considered ReiserFS stable and feature-complete and ceased development on it to concentrate on its successor, Reiser4, though it continued to release security updates and critical bug fixes. Namesys went out of business in 2008 after Reiser's conviction for murder. The product is now maintained as open source by volunteers. The reiserfsprogs 3.6.27 were released on 25 July 2017.

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