On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:35:42 -0500 (EST) "Justin C. Sherrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, January 31, 2007 3:18 pm, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > > > I am seriously considering our options with regards to ZFS or a > > ZFS-like filesystem. We clearly need something to replace UFS, > > but I am a bit worried that porting ZFS would be as much work > > as simply designing a new filesystem from scratch. > > One of the reasons people are so excited about ZFS is because it > solves the problem of managing space. Disk management is and has > always been a pain in the rear, and ZFS goes a long way toward > reducing that. > > While constructing a new filesystem will help your goals, it will also > mean that DragonFly users miss out on having all the other advantages > that come with ZFS. Put another way, we're going to lose planned > functionality. You're implying that ZFS=God, in other words, you're implying that there could be no better FS that ZFS. A very obnoxious statement! > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
