I have been using FreeBSD for its better ZFS support for years, and it's great. Highly recommended.
Same here. I immediately ditched Solaris (hated it) for Linux when KQ Infotech ported ZFS over about a decade ago, but after a few years switched all my file servers to FreeBSD. ZFS > Linux. Did I mention I love Linux?
FreeBSD has been using the ZFS on Linux code for a while.
Not true, not yet.
Thanks for the correction, they decided to go that route in 2018, seems like it’s not live yet.
Re:Linus: Don't Use ZFS
by stock_toaster on Thursday January 09, 2020 @06:17PM
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> Oracle should consider GPL-ing it and integrating it into Linux directly
I think Apache (or BSD/MIT) would be far more palatable, as GPL'ing it would cut off the BSDs as well as OpenSolaris, which would certainly be a bummer.
Por que no los dos? It's their IP, they can license it under several licenses to maximize adoption. This being Oracle though, I don't think it'll ever happen.
> If Linux becomes incompatible with ZFS in any way, I'll switch to FreeBSD
Isn't FreeBSD now using ZFSOnLinux project as well?
Re:Linus: Don't Use ZFS
by dicknuckle on Saturday January 11, 2020 @08:19AM
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no. see above
That said, after the Oracle Java debacle, I can see why Linus would not be receptive towards merging ZFS into the kernel. I just wish he argued the point on legal issues alone instead of making up stories about non-existent technical flaws in ZFS. The whole thing is basically a work of art. Oracle should consider GPL-ing it and integrating it into Linux directly.