-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/16/10 16:54 , Jess Holle wrote: > On 6/16/2010 9:49 AM, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: >> Again on this... Well, if I go to the BTRFS page >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page I still read a >> warning: >> >> *Btrfs is under heavy development, but every effort is being made >> to keep the filesystem stable and fast. As of 2.6.31, we only >> plan to make forward compatible disk format changes, and many >> users have been experimenting with Btrfs on their systems with >> good results. Please email the Btrfs mailing list if you have any >> problems or questions while using Btrfs.* >> >> OTOH ZFS is stable and has been production for years. Oracle was >> behind btrfs and now owns ZFS, and I've only read Oracle talking >> (a lot) about ZFS. Ok, there's a chance that the two things get >> merged, but in this case it makes no sense to say btrfs vs ZFS. >> In the other case, Oracle would stop funding btrfs. I don't see >> how it's well on its way to eclipse ZFS. Can you explain me? :-) >> > It will eclipse ZFS once it works close enough to ZFS for most > Linux usage -- as few if any will consider ZFS as a reason to use > Solaris then. > > Linux does not have to be better than Solaris. It just has to be > close enough for most usage. > > If OpenSolaris was as open and accessible as Linux (e.g. you could > get patch set updates as easily as for Linux for starters), then > Linux might have a higher bar to clear -- but OpenSolaris is > failing in this bid by most all accounts. > > I'm no Linux fan-boy -- I'd love to see Solaris and OpenSolaris > thrive (though I'm not a fan-boy for these either). I just don't > think Oracle will pull this off. > I don't think too that OpenSolaris will erode the share of Linux, for the same reasons you stated. So, if you are going to say that btrfs will get more spread just because will eventually get the default Linux f.s. (it is already for Meego, if I'm not wrong), it could be. I don't see it replacing ZFS for advanced and high-level business users, though. And if Oracle decided to just relicense it under ZFS, I think that btrfs would have no chances (apart from the integration to ZFS, if possible).
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