In mid-2012, Microsoft released the exFAT file system as a 64-bit alternative to the old FAT32. This system was originally released for Windows, but about seven years later, in 2019, the company confirmed that it would also be open to the Linux ecosystem.
And now it looks like the file system is once again becoming big news for anyone using this file system with Linux. With the new Linux 6.2 kernel, exFAT has seen a number of performance improvements, most of which are due to the improvements implemented by Sony.
Yuezhang Mo, Sony engineer, came to confirm that changing the file system can greatly improve its performance in the Linux ecosystem. This measure has been implemented in the most recent versions of the Linux kernel so that everyone can benefit from it.
Performance improvements in some scenarios can be as high as 57% over what was previously found. However, on average, this value is closer to 35% improvement.
Despite this, the performance boost can be quite important for anyone who uses this file system between different systems – since it is compatible with both Windows and Linux, many users prefer to use it in portable device environments.
Interestingly, this is not the first time Sony has made improvements to the exFAT file system. The company also revealed in January of this year that some changes to exFAT could result in performance improvements of up to 85% in certain situations.
