This 1981 paper by Stonebreaker, Operating System Support for Database Management [1], explains why conventional file systems are not a good foundation for data

This 1981 paper by Stonebreaker, Operating System Support for Database Management [1], explains why conventional file systems are not a good foundation for databases. He writes: "The bottom line is that operating system services in many existing systems are either too slow or inappropriate. Current DBMSs usually provide their own and make little or no use of those offered by the operating system. ..." Now, 40+ years later, Stonebreaker is a participant in the present DBOS project! 1. http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~awang/courses/cop5611_s2022/os_database.pdf http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~awang/courses/cop5611_s2022/os_databa...