Here is the quick facts and comparison of Ext3 and Ext4 File systems:  Hope this helps..!


Features
Ext3
Ext4
Stands For
Ext3 stands for third extended file system.
Ext4 stands for fourth extended file system.
Introduced
It was introduced in 2001.
It was introduced in 2008.
Kernel Support
Supports from Linux Kernel 2.4.15
Supports from Linux Kernel 2.6.19
Maximum individual file size supported
Maximum individual file size can be from 16 GB to 2 TB
Maximum individual file size can be from 16 GB to 16 TB
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