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Tiedostorakenne (Finnish for "file structure" or "file system structure") describes the organization and naming of files and directories within a storage environment. It defines how data is arranged, how relationships between items are maintained, and how the operating system locates, accesses and manages stored information. A clear tiedostorakenne supports usability, efficient access and reliable maintenance of data.

Typical components include directories (folders), files, metadata (timestamps, size, type), and access control information (permissions, ownership). Structures may be hierarchical, with nested directories and parent–child relationships, or flat, where all files exist in a single namespace. File systems implement these concepts with data structures such as inodes, allocation tables or B-trees to map names to disk locations and manage free space.

Design considerations balance performance, scalability, reliability and security. Features like journaling, checksums, snapshots and quotas address consistency and recovery, while caching and indexing improve access speed. Different platforms use varied implementations—examples include NTFS, ext4, APFS and FAT—each optimized for particular workloads and hardware.

Common operations on a tiedostorakenne include creating, reading, writing, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories, as well as changing permissions. Tools for viewing and managing structures range from graphical file managers to command-line utilities and specialized recovery software. Understanding tiedostorakenne is important for system administration, application development and data preservation.