Design, Features, and Applicability of Solaris File Systems 
by Brian Wong
January, 2004
The Solaris Operating System includes many file systems, and more are available as add-ons. Deciding which file system to apply to a particular application can be puzzling without insight into the design criteria and engineering tradeoffs that go into each product. This article offers a taxonomy of file systems, describes some of the strengths and weaknesses of the different file systems, and provides insight into the issues you should consider when deciding how to apply the set of file systems that are available for specific applications. This article requires an intermediate reader.
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