Veritas File System (in some versions)

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cluster file system high-performance file system journaling file system proprietary file system

Veritas File System (VxFS) is a high-performance, journaling file system developed by Veritas (later Symantec) widely used in enterprise UNIX environments for advanced storage and data management features.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Veritas File System	2
Veritas File System (in some versions) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4278802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Veritas File System (in some versions)
Context triple: [HP-UX, includesComponent, Veritas File System (in some versions)]

A. ZFS file system
The ZFS file system is a combined file system and logical volume manager known for its advanced features like data integrity verification, snapshots, and efficient storage management, originally created for enterprise-grade reliability and scalability.
B. ReiserFS
ReiserFS is a journaling file system for Linux known for its efficient handling of small files and advanced tree-based storage structures.
C. XFS
XFS is a high-performance 64-bit journaling file system originally developed by SGI, widely used on Linux for handling large files and parallel I/O workloads.
D. Btrfs
Btrfs is a modern copy-on-write Linux file system designed for advanced features like snapshots, checksumming, and efficient storage management.
E. GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale)
GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale) is IBM’s high-performance, scalable clustered file system designed for large-scale data storage and parallel access in enterprise and HPC environments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Veritas File System (in some versions)
Target entity description: Veritas File System (VxFS) is a high-performance, journaling file system developed by Veritas (later Symantec) widely used in enterprise UNIX environments for advanced storage and data management features.

A. ZFS file system
The ZFS file system is a combined file system and logical volume manager known for its advanced features like data integrity verification, snapshots, and efficient storage management, originally created for enterprise-grade reliability and scalability.
B. ReiserFS
ReiserFS is a journaling file system for Linux known for its efficient handling of small files and advanced tree-based storage structures.
C. XFS
XFS is a high-performance 64-bit journaling file system originally developed by SGI, widely used on Linux for handling large files and parallel I/O workloads.
D. Btrfs
Btrfs is a modern copy-on-write Linux file system designed for advanced features like snapshots, checksumming, and efficient storage management.
E. GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale)
GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale) is IBM’s high-performance, scalable clustered file system designed for large-scale data storage and parallel access in enterprise and HPC environments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cluster file system ⓘ high-performance file system ⓘ journaling file system ⓘ proprietary file system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	VxFS ⓘ
designedFor	high availability ⓘ high throughput I/O workloads ⓘ
developer	Broadcom ⓘ Symantec ⓘ Veritas Software ⓘ
feature	Storage Checkpoints ⓘ access control lists ⓘ delayed allocation ⓘ dynamic inode allocation ⓘ extent-based allocation ⓘ fast recovery after crash ⓘ file system quotas ⓘ full data journaling (configurable in some versions) ⓘ intent log replay on mount ⓘ intent logging ⓘ large file support ⓘ large file system support ⓘ metadata journaling ⓘ multi-volume file systems ⓘ online backup support ⓘ online defragmentation ⓘ online file system consistency checking (fsck with minimal downtime) ⓘ online resizing ⓘ snapshots ⓘ
integratedWith	Veritas Cluster Server ⓘ Veritas Storage Foundation ⓘ linked to: Veritas Volume Manager (in some versions)
license	proprietary ⓘ
market	enterprise UNIX environments ⓘ
operatingSystem	AIX ⓘ HP-UX ⓘ Linux ⓘ Solaris ⓘ linked to: Solaris operating system UNIX ⓘ linked to: Unix
supports	NFS exports ⓘ POSIX file system semantics ⓘ Veritas Volume Manager integration ⓘ asynchronous I/O ⓘ clustered configurations (CFS in some versions) ⓘ direct I/O ⓘ extended attributes ⓘ file systems larger than 2 TB (in later versions) ⓘ files larger than 2 TB (in later versions) ⓘ
usedFor	data management ⓘ enterprise storage ⓘ mission-critical applications ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

HP-UX → includesComponent → Veritas File System (in some versions) ⓘ

Veritas Volume Manager → integratesWith → Veritas File System ⓘ

subject linked to: Veritas Volume Manager (in some versions)

linked to: Veritas File System (in some versions)

Veritas Software → product → Veritas File System ⓘ