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Also known as: Cyclic News File System
Cyclic News File System, a storage method that writes articles into fixed-size buffers laid out in advance and overwrites the oldest data when a buffer fills. Nothing is deleted and no expiry run is needed, so disk use is constant and predictable. It is the standard choice for high-volume binary spools, where per-article filesystem overhead would otherwise be crippling.
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