linux-kernel - Re: Solaris ZFS on Linux [Was: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion]

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:25:07 -0700
From:	"Nate Diller" <nate.diller@...il.com>
To:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
Cc:	"Adrian Ulrich" <reiser4@...nkenlights.ch>, matthias.andree@....de,
	ipso@...ppymail.ca, reiser@...esys.com, lkml@...productions.com,
	jeff@...zik.org, tytso@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	reiserfs-list@...esys.com
Subject: Re: Solaris ZFS on Linux [Was: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion]

On 7/31/06, Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl> wrote:
> Adrian Ulrich <reiser4@...nkenlights.ch> wrote:
> > > > Great to see that Sun ships a state-of-the-art Filesystem with
> > > > Solaris... I think linux should do the same...
> > >
> > > This would be worthwhile, if only to be able to futz around in Solaris-made
> > > filesystems.
>
> > s/I think linux should do the same/I think linux should include Reiser4/
> >  ;-)
>
> So ZFS isn't "state-of-the-art"?

maybe reiser4 and ZFS are.  certainly, they optimize for different
behavior though

> [...]
>
> > But i'd rather like to see a Linux version of WAFL :-)
>
> WAFL is for high-turnover filesystems on RAID-5 (and assumes flash memory
> staging areas). Not your run-of-the-mill desktop...

yeah, good thing nobody tries to use linux for high-turnover servers
with RAID.  pish-posh.

> > ZFS didn't really impress me:
> > The Volume-Manager is nice but the Filesystem.. well: It beats UFS
> > .. sometimes ;-)
>
> OK, ext3 + LVM it is then.
>
> > See also: http://spam.workaround.ch/dull/postmark.txt
>
> Interesting.

yeah, i hadn't seen postmark numbers on linux before.  maybe mongo
isn't so biased after all

NATE
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