Smart File System

SFS

Developer	John Hendrikx
Full name	Smart File System
Introduced	1998;28 years ago (1998)
Partition IDs	'SFS\0'
Limits
Max volume size	127 GB
Max file size	4 GB
Max filename length	107 characters
Features
Date range	January 1, 1978 - 2157
Date resolution	1/50s
Attributes	filenote, hidden, undeletable
Transparent compression	No
Transparent encryption	No (provided at the block device level)
Other
Supported operating systems	AmigaOS (version 1.279), AROS (1.84), MorphOS (1.224), AmigaOS 4 (1.293), Linux (1.0beta12)

The Smart File System (SFS) is a journaling filesystem used on Amiga computers and AmigaOS-derived operating systems (though some support also exists for IBM PC compatibles). It is designed for performance, scalability and integrity, offering improvements over standard Amiga filesystems as well as some special or unique features.

1. ↑ Darren Eveland. "Hard drive setup for AmigaOS 4.1 Classic". Hyperion Entertainment Blog.
2. 1 2 EC-Council (2009). "Understanding File Systems and Hard Disks". Computer Forensics: Investigating Hard Disks, File and Operating Systems (PDF). Cengage Learning. pp. 1–16. ISBN 978-1-4354-8350-7.
3. ↑ "Amiga SmartFileSystem, Linux implementation". Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
4. ↑ Jeremy Reimer (18 March 2008). "From BFS to ZFS: past, present and future of file systems". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Publications. Many people did that, and some of the results, such as the Professional File System (PFS) and Smart File System (SFS), are still used by Amiga fans to this day.