Filesystem Feature Matrix
Journaling - CoW - Checksums - Snapshots - Flash-Friendliness - Legacy - Bootability
Legend:
Yes / Supported / Modern
Partial / Conditional / With Bootloader
No / Deprecated / Not Recommended
Special Feature (CoW, Snapshots, Checksums)
Not Applicable
| Filesystem |
Journaling |
CoW |
Checksums |
Snapshots |
Flash-Friendly |
Legacy Status |
Bootability |
| Btrfs |
Metadata |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Modern |
With bootloader |
| CP/M |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Obsolete |
No |
| exFAT |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Modern |
UEFI only |
| ext2 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Moderate |
Legacy |
Yes |
| ext3 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Moderate |
Legacy |
Yes |
| ext4 |
Yes |
No |
Yes (metadata) |
No |
Moderate |
Modern |
Yes |
| F2FS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Modern |
With bootloader |
| FAT16 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Legacy |
Yes |
| FAT32 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Modern |
Yes |
| HFS |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Obsolete |
No |
| HFS+ |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Moderate |
Legacy |
No |
| JFS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Moderate |
Legacy |
With bootloader |
| Linux-swap |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Modern |
No |
| LUKS |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
Modern |
No |
| LVM2 PV |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Snapshots |
Moderate |
Modern |
No |
| MINIX |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Obsolete |
Legacy BIOS only |
| NILFS2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Continuous |
Moderate |
Modern |
With bootloader |
| NTFS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Moderate |
Modern |
UEFI |
| Reiser4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Moderate |
Experimental |
With bootloader |
| ReiserFS |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Moderate |
Deprecated |
With bootloader |
| SFS (Amiga) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Obsolete |
No |
| UDF |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Modern |
With bootloader |
| XFS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Moderate |
Modern |
With bootloader |