MillionBillionFileSystem (MBFS)

Never-ending file system

The number of entries in a file system is not subject to hard and fast limits; however, in systems like NTFS or ext3, which are currently commonly in use, it is not possible to create as many entries as you like. The MillionBillionFileSystem eliminates the current limitations of Windows and LINUX file systems with regard to the number of files that can be managed.

Static storage

Even if the limitations are lifted, a file system with an increasing volume of data becomes ever slower. The MBFS maintains the flexibility and is thus particularly suitable for static storage needs, such as email archives, telecommunication connection data, production reports, recording conversations, music or video files. Tasks of this nature have, until now, been something of a problem zone for companies as this data must be stored for decades. Traditional file systems are able to sensibly manage a maximum of 50–100 million files, a figure which is not always sufficient for the constantly growing volumes of data that need to be managed.

Regardless of storage location and medium

The seamless integration of the MBFS into the ARCHIVEMANAGER enables the file system to be spread across various different types of data-storage media (disk, tape) and various locations.

No overwriting

In order to prevent accidental or even deliberate deletion and modification of the data, the file systems in MBFS can be assigned WORM options. WORM data-storage media can also be used.

How does it work?

The name space of file systems is structured hierarchically and can thus manage an unlimited number of entries, but the systems currently in use (i.e. NTFS, ext3) have a central management table which does not function hierarchically and which becomes slower in direct proportion the number of entries it contains. In order to get around these limitations, the MillionBillionFileSystem also distributes the entries of the MasterFileTable or i-Nodes hierarchically. This creates sub-file-systems from sub-directories, and thus many small file systems within one large file system which presents itself to the outside world as a single entity.