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[1] NVM Express, Inc., "NVM Express Base Specification, Revision 2.3," Aug. 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://nvmexpress.org/wp-content/uploads/NVM-Express-Base-Specification-Revision-2.3-2025.08.01-Ratified.pdf. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[2] PCI-SIG, "What bit rates does the PCIe 5.0 specification support and how does it compare to prior PCIe generations?" [Online]. Available: https://pcisig.com/what-bit-rates-does-pcie-50-specification-support-and-how-does-it-compare-prior-pcie-generations. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[3] Linux Kernel Developers, "Multi-Queue Block IO Queueing Mechanism (blk-mq)," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/block/blk-mq.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[4] Linux Kernel Developers, "Explicit volatile write back cache control," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/block/writeback_cache_control.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[5] NVM Express, Inc., "Open Source NVMe SSD Management Utility: NVMe-CLI." [Online]. Available: https://nvmexpress.org/open-source-nvme-management-utility-nvme-command-line-interface-nvme-cli/. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[6] Micron Technology, Inc., "Crucial T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Product Flyer," 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.crucial.com/content/dam/crucial/ssd-products/t700/flyers/product/b2c/crucial-t700-b2c-product-flyer-en.pdf. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[7] Cryptsetup Project, "cryptsetup-luksFormat(8)," cryptsetup manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/cryptsetup-luksFormat.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[8] Cryptsetup Project, "Frequently Asked Questions: Cryptsetup/LUKS." [Online]. Available: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/blob/main/FAQ.md. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[9] Cryptsetup Project, "cryptsetup-open(8)," cryptsetup manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/cryptsetup-open.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[10] systemd Project, "crypttab(5)," systemd manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/crypttab.5.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[11] systemd Project, "systemd-cryptenroll(1)," systemd manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/systemd-cryptenroll.1.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[12] Linux Kernel Developers, "dm-crypt," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[13] Linux Kernel Developers, "Filesystem-level encryption (fscrypt)," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/fscrypt.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[14] Linux Kernel Developers, "dm-integrity," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[15] Linux Kernel Developers, "dm-verity," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[16] UEFI Forum, "UEFI Specification 2.11, Chapter 32: Secure Boot and Driver Signing," 2024. [Online]. Available: https://uefi.org/specs/UEFI/2.11/32_Secure_Boot_and_Driver_Signing.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[17] util-linux Project, "mount(8)," util-linux manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[18] util-linux Project, "fstrim(8)," util-linux manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/fstrim.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[19] Linux Kernel Developers, "ext4 General Information," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/ext4.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[20] Linux Kernel Developers, "Checksums," ext4 documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/ext4/checksums.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[21] T. Ts'o and the e2fsprogs Project, "mke2fs(8)," e2fsprogs manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mke2fs.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[22] BTRFS Project, "btrfs(5)," BTRFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-man5.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[23] BTRFS Project, "Compression," BTRFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Compression.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[24] BTRFS Project, "Status," BTRFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Status.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[25] BTRFS Project, "btrfs-scrub(8)," BTRFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-scrub.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[26] BTRFS Project, "Swapfile," BTRFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ch-swapfile.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[27] Linux Kernel Developers, "The SGI XFS Filesystem," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/xfs.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[28] XFS Project, "mkfs.xfs(8)," xfsprogs manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[29] XFS Project, "xfs_growfs(8)," xfsprogs manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/xfs_growfs.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[30] Linux Kernel Developers, "Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS)," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/f2fs.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[31] OpenZFS Project, "zpoolconcepts(7)," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/7/zpoolconcepts.7.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[32] OpenZFS Project, "zfsprops(7)," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/7/zfsprops.7.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[33] OpenZFS Project, "zfs-load-key(8)," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zfs-load-key.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[34] OpenZFS Project, "Workload Tuning," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Performance%20and%20Tuning/Workload%20Tuning.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[35] OpenZFS Project, "zpool-trim(8)," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zpool-trim.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[36] OpenZFS Project, "zfs-send(8)," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zfs-send.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[37] Bcachefs Project, "bcachefs," Bcachefs Project Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://bcachefs.org/. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[38] L. Torvalds, "Remove bcachefs core code," Linux Kernel Source Tree, commit f2c61db29f277b9c80de92102fc532cc247495cd, Sep. 29, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2c61db29f277b9c80de92102fc532cc247495cd. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[39] Microsoft, "exFAT File System Specification," rev. 1.00, Aug. 26, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/exfat-specification. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[40] Microsoft, "File System Functionality Comparison," Mar. 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/filesystem-functionality-comparison. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[41] exfatprogs Project, "exFAT filesystem userspace utilities." [Online]. Available: https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[42] Linux Kernel Developers, "VFAT," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/vfat.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[43] IDRIX, "Supported Operating Systems," VeraCrypt Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://veracrypt.io/en/Supported%20Operating%20Systems.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[44] IDRIX, "Trim Operation," VeraCrypt Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://veracrypt.io/en/Trim%20Operation.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[45] Linux Kernel Developers, "tmpfs," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/tmpfs.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[46] OpenZFS Project, "zfs-create(8)," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zfs-create.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[47] Linux Kernel Developers, "How to use dm-crypt and swsusp together," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/power/swsusp-dmcrypt.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[48] Linux Kernel Developers, "EROFS: Enhanced Read-Only File System," The Linux Kernel Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/erofs.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[49] K. Overstreet et al., "bcachefs: Principles of Operation," rev. 1.38.8, Jul. 3, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://bcachefs.org/bcachefs-principles-of-operation.pdf. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[50] Bcachefs Project, "Kconfig: bcachefs filesystem support," bcachefs Source Repository, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://evilpiepirate.org/git/bcachefs.git/plain/fs/bcachefs/Kconfig?h=master. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[51] Bcachefs Project, "bcachefs-tools Changelog," bcachefs-tools Source Repository, Jul. 3, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://evilpiepirate.org/git/bcachefs-tools.git/plain/Changelog.mdwn?h=master. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[52] J. Kim and the f2fs-tools Project, "mkfs.f2fs(8)," f2fs-tools manual. [Online]. Available: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/tree/man/mkfs.f2fs.8. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[53] util-linux Project, "swapon(8)," util-linux manual. [Online]. Available: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/swapon.8.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[54] systemd Project, "Discoverable Partitions Specification: Root File System Discovery," systemd Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://systemd.io/ROOTFS_DISCOVERY/. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].
[55] OpenZFS Project, "Ubuntu 22.04 Root on ZFS," OpenZFS Documentation. [Online]. Available: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Ubuntu/Ubuntu%2022.04%20Root%20on%20ZFS.html. [Accessed: Jul. 21, 2026].