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Re: The State of ZFS on Linux

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:08:05 +0000 (UTC)
> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> > https://clusterhq.com/blog/state-zfs-on-linux/
> > 
> >    Linux users familiar with other filesystems or ZFS users from
> >    other platforms will often ask whether ZFS on Linux (ZoL) is
> >    "stable".
> > 
> >    The short answer is yes, depending on your definition of stable.
> >    The term stable itself is somewhat ambiguous. While one would
> >    think that stable means "ready for production use", that can
> >    mean that it does not lose data, that it does not crash, that it
> >    is a drop-in replacement for an existing filesystem, that
> >    changes to the disk format are forward compatible, that updates
> >    are always flawless or some combination thereof. Consequently,
> >    the long answer is much more nuanced than a single word can
> >    express.
> > 
> This is a good article, although he hasn't yet given me the
> confidence I'd need to run ZFS on a serious system.  Something still
> smells 'half-cooked.' On the other hand, ZFS on FreeBSD is lovely. 
> I'll look forward to Linux getting the same benefits.  I'm waiting
> for a rebuttal from the btrfs folks, by the way!

I used to be a btrfs fan.

Then it borked itself, twice, on a small array (about 3T).

Then it borked itself on a single drive desktop system (120G laptop
drive) for no clear reason at all.

Afterwhich I decided to: 1) pay much more attention to the "warning,
experimental" tag, 2) switch back to ext4 and wait a _very_ long time
before trying btrfs again.

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The State of ZFS on Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-11 22:08 +0000
  Re: The State of ZFS on Linux RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-12 11:36 +0000
    Re: The State of ZFS on Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-12 12:10 +0000
      Re: The State of ZFS on Linux RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-12 12:56 +0000
        Re: The State of ZFS on Linux Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-12 16:02 +0300
        Re: The State of ZFS on Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-12 16:17 +0000

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