Marshall Kirk McKusick: History of the BSD Fast Filesystem

EuroBSDCon · Talk · YouTube title: A Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Marshall Kirk McKusick

Why it's here

Pointed to as the authoritative history of FFS from one of its original creators.

What it covers

Marshall Kirk McKusick gives a talk at EuroBSDCon tracing filesystem and storage development from 1979 to today, using the BSD Fast Filesystem as the focus. It covers early disk-geometry optimization through later contiguous layout and small-file performance work.