Re:Show HN: ZFS Implementation in Python
by GuB-42 on Saturday May 04, 2019 @06:50PM
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Maybe plenty fast for most applications but a filesystem is not one of these IMHO, especially for something as naturally resource hungry as ZFS.
A good filesystem implementation requires tight memory management and good control of what happens at the OS level. I am not saying it can't be be done in python, but it clearly isn't the right tool for the job.
I meant that for a production implementation. Python is perfectly fine for a proof of concept, in fact, it may be better than jumping straight down to C. But keeping it for production is foolish IMHO.
A good filesystem implementation requires tight memory management and good control of what happens at the OS level. I am not saying it can't be be done in python, but it clearly isn't the right tool for the job.
I meant that for a production implementation. Python is perfectly fine for a proof of concept, in fact, it may be better than jumping straight down to C. But keeping it for production is foolish IMHO.