filing system

[Carsten Aulbert (list)]

Hi Rick,

Rick wrote:
> it would be nice, if ubuntu would adapt this: 128-bit Zettabyte File System,
> appears, that Apple is using going to use OpenSource (Open Solaris), filing 
> system in there next major operating system release.

As far as I know there are two major things which obstruct this currently:

(1) There are supposedly possible problems with integrating ZFS into the
Linux kernel's VFS, however as far as I have read this would not be the
most difficult thing to overcome:

(2) ZFS license is incompatible with GPL, thus inclusion into the kernel
may never happen (except maybe by a clean room implementation, however,
SUN holds a lot of related patents).

Right now the only ZFS available for Linux is ZFS via fuse (available at
sf.net), but I have not (yet) tested it.

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HTH & Greetings

Carsten