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== Ext4 ==
== Ext4 ==
* fairly new in Linux kernel (stable since 2008); ext4 is based on ext3 (same developers)
* fairly new in Linux kernel (stable since 2008); ext4 is based on ext3 (same developers)
* becoming the default of new versions of Linux distros (Fedora, Ubuntu, ...)
* default of some Linux distros
* no 16 TB limitation; max size is 1 EiB (1 exbibyte = 2^60 bytes)
* no 16 TB limitation; max size is 1 EiB (1 exbibyte = 2^60 bytes)
* no compression and checksumming (data-integrity) features
* no compression and checksumming (data-integrity) features
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