Idea #534: ZFS Integration

This idea is a duplicate of idea #375: Support ZFS file system .

Written by unit3 the 29 Feb 08 at 02:36. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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Beg, borrow, and plead to get a legal way to include ZFS in Ubuntu. A full port, not the slow/buggy FUSE one. Every type of user would benefit from having this.

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jamessnell wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:40

I agree.

Also key that solid gui tools are created to provide users with an easy means of making use of ZFS's features beyond storing files, like snapshots.

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/350/

mikemaccana wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:45

ZFS solves the early 90s problem of managing massive local storage.

It provides no benefit for desktop users, or modern environments where large amounts of data are stored on SANs.

Waste of effort.

10101011 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 13:56

Btrfs or HammerFS might both be better options and don't have the same licensing encumberance.

http://oss.oracle.com/projects/btrfs/
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2007-02/msg00097.html

Velvet Elvis wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 17:32

mike:

http://www.nexenta.org/os/AptCloneMan

It's the only filesystem to get journaling right, allowing full replays. Think windows style system restore points, only better.

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