which file system to use

[Alexander Skwar]

· Al Gordon <runlevel7 at gmail.com>:

> On 8/4/06, Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
>> · Al Gordon <runlevel7 at gmail.com>:
>> > On 8/4/06, Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
>> >> · David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com>:
>>
>> >> > ZFS is coming to Linux.
>> >>
>> >> Well, if it comes as "fast" to Linux, as it came to Solaris, then
>> >> I wouldn't hold my breathe if I were you...
>> >>
>> >> Care to explain the advantages of ZFS and RAID-Z?
>> >
>> > google zfs
>>
>> Okay, I should have asked differently. My fault. David, which
>> advantages do YOU see in ZFS and RAID-Z, especially compared to
>> JFS or reiserfs?
>>
>> Alexander Skwar
> 
> Heh, I'm just messing with you, given that other thread that's going on.  :)

No problem at all. I saw that I made a mistake as I didn't phrase the
question as exact as it's required.

> Actually, however, google is a great resource for this.

Google is great resource for close to everything ;)

> I started 
> researching as soon as I saw David's post, and zfs looks really
> interesting.

Yes, it has many interesting features - at least in the whitepapers.
But are all of those features actually "already" delivered? Last
I heard is, that it should be delivered in June. Has this been done?

> I'm considering running a copy or two of Solaris to play 
> around with it a little, to get familiar with it before (granted,
> probably *way* before) it shows up on Linux.

;)

> Wikipedia has some good technical details as well, btw.

Reading it right now.

Alexander Skwar
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