Q. With ext3, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs (just to name a few),
who in their right mind would write another general-purpose
filesystem?
A. Wrong question. They are all special purpose.
The goal of lafs is to provide optimal service as a departmental file server. Specific sub-goals include being friendly to:
lafs (pronounced "laughs") is a log structured filesystem that is designed to meet all these goals.