| FS/Property | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT16 | FAT12 | EXT2 | EXT3 | ReiserFS 3.6 | JFS | XFS | Reiser4 | UFS | HFS | HFS+ | FS/Property |
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| FS/Property | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT16 | FAT12 | EXT2 | EXT3 | ReiserFS 3.6 | JFS | XFS | Reiser4 | UFS | HFS | HFS+ | FS/Property |
| Maximum size of filesystem | 256TiB [Theoretically: 1YiB1] |
8TiB | 4GiB | 16MiB | 32TiB | 17,6TiB | 32PiB | 18EiB | 32ZiB7 [Theoretically: 256ZiB9] |
1TiB | 4GiB | 16TiB [?] | Maximum size of filesystem | |
| Maximum size of file | 16PiB [Theoretically: 16ZiB] |
3,99(9)2GiB | 64TiB | 1EiB | 4PiB | 8EiB | 16EiB | 2GiB | 8EiB | Maximum size of file | ||||
| Maximum amount of files in filesystem | 4294967295 | 4194304 | 65536 | 4096 | 130×1012 | 4294967296 | ? (232?) | ? (264?) | 11529215046068469769 | 2147483642 ? | 65536 | 4294967296 | Maximum amount of files in filesystem | |
| Maximum amount of files in single directory | ? | 2167483648 | Maximum amount of files in filesystem | |||||||||||
| Maximum amount of sub-directories i directory | 32768 | 64536 | 65533 | 4294967294 | ? | Maximum amount of files in filesystem | ||||||||
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| Journaling | Y | N | Y | ⅔3 | Y | N | Y | Journaling | ||||||
| Journal on different partition | N | n/a | Y | ? [N?] | N/A | N | Journal on different partition | |||||||
| XATTRs and ACLs support | A | N | Y | A | Y? | XATTRs and ACLs support | ||||||||
| Label and UUID | L | L+U | Label and UUID | |||||||||||
| Dynamic inodes | Y | N | Y | Y4 | Y | N | ? [N?] | Dynamic inodes | ||||||
| Bad-blocks support | Y | N | Y | Bad-blocks support | ||||||||||
| Directory content organization | B-tree | List | List12 | B*tree | B+tree | D-tree11 | List | B-Tree | Directory content organization | |||||
| Sparse files support | Y | N | Y | N | Sparse files support | |||||||||
| Extents for Data and Free space | D | N | F | D+F | N | D | D [+F?] | Extents for Data and Free space | ||||||
| Free blocks management | Bitmap | dmap tree + “Binary Buddy” | B+tree | Bitmap | Free blocks management | |||||||||
| Quota support | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Quota support | ||||||||
| Transparent compression | ½5 | Y | N | ? [Y - plug-in?] | Y | N | Transparent compression | |||||||
| Transparent encryption (best cipher) | T (3DES) | N | Y (?) | Transparent encryption (best cipher) | ||||||||||