VxFS Features

Extent based allocations

Enhanced attributes

Fast file system recovery

Access control lists (ACLs)

Online administration

Online backup

Enhanced application interface

Enhanced mount options

Improved synchronous write performance

Support for file systems up to 4 terabytes in size

Support for files up to 2 terabytes in size

Enhanced I/O performance

Quotas

Improved database performance

VxFS supports all HFS file system features and facilities except for the linking, removing, or renaming of “.” and “..” directory entries. Such operations may disrupt file system sanity.