A new open source Linux filesystem is now available to the general public. The Bcache File System (Bcachefs) is a Linux kernel block layer cache that aims at offering a faster and more advanced method of storing data on servers. It supports checksumming, compression, caching, and copy-on-write which will allow the file system to ensure data integrity, reduce space, have a quick response, and allow single files to be accessed by multiple parties at once. It is still in an experimental state, and is not recommended for production use; the community is currently working on adding support for snapshots, erasure coding, writeback caching between tiers, and native support for shingled magnetic recording.
