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On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:48:21 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > Excellent point about the license. Did the license stop zfs folks |
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> > from enjoying zfs? I know the zfs license stops some commercial folks |
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> > from deploy/using zfs. And zfs is not a routine choice in the |
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> > installation docs for gentoo..... |
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> I recall a list conversation about this, explaining that it would be |
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> trivial for someone who knows how to do ebuilds, to have their own |
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> ZFS-in-kernel system available, and that it would also be possible to |
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> accomplish this via an overlay... |
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When I was playing with ZFS I was able to build it into the kernel (by |
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unmasking a USE flag) so I could boot from it without an initramfs. |
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IMO the main problem with ZFS on Linux is that it is based on a fairly |
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old version. Oracle have not released the sources for the recent |
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versions, so useful stuff like encryption is missing, and always will be. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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... We are Dyslexics of Borg. Your ass will be laminated. |