Rsync.net: ZFS Replication to the cloud is here and fast

Re:Rsync.net: ZFS Replication to the cloud is here and fast by KirinDave on Friday December 18, 2015 @01:16PM (#10759910)

This is awesome, but it should also remind us of something that is easy to forget. This is tangential to the thread, but relevant becuase of ZFS.

Note how they run ZFS, "FreeBSD."

We tend to ignore it shipping cloud services and mobile apps and websites, and just focus on Linux based deploys. But FreeBSD is out there. It has all the amenities you'd expect from a modern Linux and more including:

1. Compatibility with nearly all Linux binaries.

2. A more robust implementation of containerization (Jails), with a matching implementation of a docker API.

3. Proven OpenZFS support.

4. A really robust framework for moving and standing up software.

5. Proven performance.

In a way, tbh, it's like one of many tech stacks we've neglected for the "mainstream" even though it has a proven track record and great features. ZFS is also in that family, as is stuff like Mono and OCaml.

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Re:Rsync.net: ZFS Replication to the cloud is here and fast by PhantomGremlin on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:04PM (#10761307)

We tend to ignore it

One thing that FreeBSD doesn't have is a well known public face. Every software project (and company) needs one.

Linux is Torvalds. Of course there's a lot more to a distribution than the kernel, but most people don't think that far.

OpenBSD is Theo. Love him or hate him.

But FreeBSD? A while ago Jordan Hubbard came to mind. But he was never "the" guy, and he left a long time ago. I view it as being run now by a nameless, faceless cabal.

Anyway, that's just my opinion on one reason why we tend to ignore it.

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