ext3 file system

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf file format
gptkbp:block 1 KiB
4 KiB
2 KiB
8 KiB
gptkbp:defaultJournalingMode ordered
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Stephen_Tweedie
gptkbp:directoryStructure linear or hashed (HTree)
gptkbp:features journaling
HTree directory indexing
backward compatibility with ext2
online file system growth
gptkbp:fileNameLengthLimit 255 bytes
gptkbp:fileSystemFamily extended file system family
gptkbp:fileSystemTypeCode 0x83 (Linux)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ext3 file system
gptkbp:journaling yes
gptkbp:journalingModes gptkb:publisher
ordered
writeback
gptkbp:journalLocation internal or external
gptkbp:license gptkb:GNU_General_Public_License
gptkbp:limitation limited scalability compared to ext4
no checksumming in journal
no delayed allocation
no extents
no online defragmentation
gptkbp:mainstreamSupportEnd varies by distribution
gptkbp:maxFileSize 2 TiB
gptkbp:maxFilesPerDirectory unlimited (practically limited by performance)
gptkbp:maxVolumeSize 16 TiB
gptkbp:metadataStructures gptkb:publisher
superblock
inode
block group descriptor
gptkbp:mountableAs ext2 (with no journaling)
gptkbp:notableFor first widely used Linux journaling file system
gptkbp:openSource yes
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:partitionID 0x83
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:ext2_file_system
gptkbp:releaseDate 2001
gptkbp:reliability improved over ext2 due to journaling
gptkbp:stillSupported yes (legacy)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:ext4_file_system
gptkbp:supportsFormat Linux (historically)
gptkbp:usedIn embedded systems
servers
desktops
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Theodore_Ts'o
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6