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[Discuss] ZFS



Mark Woodward asked Edward Ned Harvey:
> Is ZFS prime-time ready for Linux? If so, do you have any insights
> about pros and cons for LVM?

I'll echo that query.  This benchmark writeup posted to Phoronix:

  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=zfs_fuse_performance

suggests the answer is no, at least not on Linux until ZFS is made available
as a stable kernel module.  (The usual patent and licensing crap is
responsible for this situation.  The America Invents Act of 16-Sep-2011 is
about to make things a whole lot worse for future open-source dev, I fear.)

So I am curious--how far along is the ZFS kernel dev?  And has anyone here
successfully deployed ZFS in the user-mode module?

-rich





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