ext4

E37465

ext4 is a widely used, journaling fourth-generation extended file system for Linux, designed for improved performance, reliability, and support for large volumes and files.

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AI-generated illustration of ext4

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of ext4 (ext4 is a widely used, journaling fourth-generation extended file system for Linux, designed for improved performance, reliability, and support for large volumes and files.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
ext4 canonical 7
Extended file system 2
ext4 file system 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux file system ⓘ
file system ⓘ
journaling file system ⓘ
backwardCompatibleWith ext2 ⓘ
ext3 ⓘ
defaultFileSystemOn many Linux distributions ⓘ
designGoal improved performance ⓘ
improved reliability ⓘ
support for large files ⓘ
support for large volumes ⓘ
developer The Linux community ⓘ
fullName Fourth Extended File System ⓘ
linked to: ext4
initialMainlineReleaseYear 2008 ⓘ
introducedInLinuxKernelVersion 2.6.28 ⓘ
license GPL-compatible (as part of the Linux kernel) ⓘ
maxFileSize 16 TiB (with 4 KiB block size, typical configuration) ⓘ
maxFileSystemSize 1 EiB (theoretical design limit) ⓘ
operatingSystem Linux ⓘ
predecessor ext3 ⓘ
supports64bitBlockNumbers true ⓘ
supportsACLs true ⓘ
supportsBarriers true ⓘ
supportsCaseSensitiveFilenames true ⓘ
supportsDelayedAllocation true ⓘ
supportsDirectoryIndexing true ⓘ
supportsDiscardTRIM true ⓘ
supportsEncryption true ⓘ
supportsExtentBasedAllocation true ⓘ
supportsExtentsForFiles true ⓘ
supportsFastFsck true ⓘ
supportsFlexibleBlockGroups true ⓘ
supportsHardLinks true ⓘ
supportsHugeFiles true ⓘ
supportsJournalChecksumming true ⓘ
supportsJournalInFile true ⓘ
supportsJournaling true ⓘ
supportsMetadataChecksums true ⓘ
supportsMultiblockAllocation true ⓘ
supportsNanosecondTimestamps true ⓘ
supportsOnlineDefragmentation true ⓘ
supportsPersistentPreallocation true ⓘ
supportsPOSIXPermissions true ⓘ
supportsProjectQuotas true ⓘ
supportsQuota true ⓘ
supportsResizeOffline true ⓘ
supportsResizeOnline true ⓘ
supportsSparseFiles true ⓘ
supportsSubdirectoryScalability true ⓘ
supportsSymbolicLinks true ⓘ
supportsUninitializedBlockGroups true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

openSUSE → supports → ext4 ⓘ
ext4 → fullName → Fourth Extended File System ⓘ
linked to: ext4
Rémy Card → influenced → ext4 file system ⓘ
linked to: ext4
Minix filesystem → influenced → Extended file system ⓘ
linked to: ext4
Minix filesystem → replacedBy → Extended file system ⓘ
linked to: ext4
e2fsprogs → relatedTo → ext4 filesystem ⓘ
linked to: ext4
Theodore Ts'o → knownFor → ext4 file system ⓘ
linked to: ext4