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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by ChocolateGod on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:04PM (#46638383)
Let's remember that JuiceFS can be setup very easily to not have a single point of failure (by replicating the metadata engine), meanwhile ZeroFS seems to have exactly that.

If I was a company I know which one I'd prefer.

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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by __turbobrew__ on Friday January 16, 2026 @02:37AM (#46644016)
Yea, that is a big caveat to ZeroFS. Single point of failure. It is like saying I can write a faster etcd by only having a single node. Sure, that is possible, but the hard part of distributed systems is the coordination, and coordination always makes performance worse.

I personally have went with Ceph for distributed storage. I personally have a lot more confidence in Ceph over JuiceFS and ZeroFS, but realize building and running a ceph cluster is more complex, but with that complexity you get much cheaper S3, block storage, and cephfs.

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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by suavesu on Friday January 16, 2026 @03:37AM (#46644367)
Some users use JuiceFS with CephFS RADOS, as alternative with Ceph MDS.
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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by ChocolateGod on Friday January 16, 2026 @04:35AM (#46644698)
I replaced a GlusterFS cluster with JuiceFS some years ago and it's been a relief. Just much easier to manage.
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