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Peet	2010-05-16 , 08:26
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Originally Posted by cjard

How can a file system save storage space, but also remember every state it has been in? That seems completely contradictory

Here's one interview of btrfs' inventor, Chris Mason, with background information and some useful visual aids:

A short history of btrfs

It's quite brilliant, and with the big fish backing its development it looks set to become the mainstream next generation file system for open systems.