Write Anywhere File Layout
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Write Anywhere File Layout
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The Write Anywhere File Layout (WAFL) is a proprietary file system that supports large, high-performance RAID arrays, quick restarts without lengthy consistency checks in the event of a crash or power failure, and growing the filesystems size quickly. It was designed by NetApp for use in its storage appliances like NetApp FAS, AFF, Cloud Volumes ONTAP and ONTAP Select. Its author claims that WAFL is not a file system, although it includes one. It tracks changes similarly to journaling file syste
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Computer file system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_Anywhere_File_Layout
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2023-10-22T20:59:45Z
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