What filesystems are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
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The following filesystems are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):
Supported/Standard:
| File System | RHEL 3 | RHEL 4 | RHEL 5 | RHEL 6 | RHEL7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ext2 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| ext3 | default / yes | default / yes | default / yes | yes | yes |
| ext4 | no | no | 5.6+* | default / yes | yes |
| XFS | no | no | See below | See below | default / yes |
| CIFS | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| smbfs | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| NFS v3 | default / yes | default / yes | default / yes | yes | yes |
| NFS v4 | no | yes | yes | default / yes | default / yes |
| udf | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| msdos/vfat | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| iso9660 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| FUSE | no | no | 5.4+* | yes | yes |
Supported with Add-on entitlements:
| File System | RHEL 3 | RHEL 4 | RHEL 5 | RHEL 6 | RHEL 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFS | yes (GFS entitlement) |
yes (GFS entitlement) |
yes or RHEL AP entitlement) - Resilient Storage Requirements/Policies |
no | no |
| GFS2 |
5.3+* or RHEL AP entitlement) - Resilient Storage Requirements/Policies |
yes (Resisilient Storage Add-on) - Resilient Storage Requirements/Policies |
yes (Resisilient Storage Add-on) - Resilient Storage Requirements/Policies |
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| XFS ® | 5.5+* (Scalable File System Add-on) |
yes (Scalable File System Add-on) |
yes (No Add-on needed) |
| File System | RHEL 5 | RHEL 6 | RHEL 7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eCryptFS | 5.1+* | 6.0+* | no |
| btrfs | no | no | 7.0+* |
* The release number denotes the minimum minor release version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux required
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