* Dr Adam J Trickett (adam.trickett@???) wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 at 01:53:37PM +0000, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> > I have just had a quick look at this
> > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/zfs_last.pdf
> >
> > and I want some!
> >
> > Does anybody know different? Is there another file system that looks
> > this good that is available in Linux?
>
> Some people like the modularity of Linux RAID, LVM2 and separate file
> systems. Some people prefer the all in one approach of ZFS. Take your
> pick.
I find that I am getting lazy. Having to understand a stack of
systems seems a lot harder than just one. From what I have read
about ZFS, it just seems like a good idea that I can manage to cope
with.
> While ZFS is in BSD and on it's way into OS X it's not likley in Linux
> in the short term because there are disputes about Suns CDDL licence.
> I'm not qualified to comment, but it's clear we won't have native
> ZFS in the stock Linux kernel any time soon.
That was my understanding too. I was just curious to know if
anybody knew of any similar file system that is available in Linux. I
think that the answer is no at this time, but I am not a close
follower of all the latest developments.
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