Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13
by Conan_Kudo on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:27AM
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> They have their own RHEL derivative, would it make life easier for them as well (having an external community committed to keeping ZFS in the kernel tree)?
Oracle Linux uses Btrfs, and Oracle as a company puts more resources into Btrfs than they do ZFS.
They've been committed to Btrfs for almost a decade now, and they're continuing to improve that filesystem and make it solid for their use-cases and their customers.
Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13
by qalmakka on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:54AM
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Well, I must say, they're not really doing that good of a job. Btrfs is still largely less stable than even ZoL git snapshots in almost every possible way.
Oracle Linux uses Btrfs, and Oracle as a company puts more resources into Btrfs than they do ZFS.
They've been committed to Btrfs for almost a decade now, and they're continuing to improve that filesystem and make it solid for their use-cases and their customers.