Slowfs is based on the ext2 file system included in Linux 2.6.20.
The mount options used in the paper are:
- fsb_read=N : slow down read by a factor of 2^N
- fsb_look=N : slow down lookup by a factor of 2^N
- fsb_pwrt=N : slow down prepare write by a factor of 2^N
- fsb_pwrt=N : slow down commit write by a factor of 2^N
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