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Expand Up @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ With immutable files, you never modify an old file, but rather create a new file
With transactions, the filesystem exports some API to allow clients to group file updates into a single batch to be applied atomically.

## File Vs Directory Service
Filesystems have two different types of files: regular files and directories. These two types of files often have very different access patterns. As a result, it is not uncommon to adopt one type of semantics for files, and another for directories. For example, we have may session semantics for files, and UNIX semantics for directories.
Filesystems have two different types of files: regular files and directories. These two types of files often have very different access patterns. As a result, it is not uncommon to adopt one type of semantics for files, and another for directories. For example, we may have session semantics for files, and UNIX semantics for directories.

## Replication and Partitioning
Fileserver distribution can be accomplished via replication and/or partitioning.
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