On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:25:15AM -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > Whether linux gets ZFS or not, you can count the days > > until linux gets something LIKE zfs. > > Forget it. If there was someone in that camp that was actually > capable of thinking up, designing and implementing something that > even remotely resembled ZFS... > > ...they would have done so by now. > > Have you read about Btrfs? It's supposed to be GNU/Linux's answer to > ZFS. But if you look at the features / architecture... it's stuck > somewhere in the last century, based on old concepts. > > And... it's nowhere near ready. ZFS was available and > production-ready almost a year ago. > > Of course, the "problem" was that it was on an OS GNU/Linux fanboys > despise. > > They're hopelessly behind. And they know it.
Wow. You sound a little bitter. :) btrfs does sound promising though. I have no doubt Linux will have something similar eventually should there be demand for it. There are certainly plenty of talented and capable developers in both the Sun and Linux development communities. I *really* wish btrfs would include block level de-dupliation a la WAFL though. Ray _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
