> ... until ZFS is native in Linux ... > ... My meaning of "native" is that it is included in the upstream Linux > kernel, not a side-loaded product/project/kernel module.
At least for BTRFS, "native" seems to be a bad thing. The BTRFS version that comes with el7 is quite behind the current development version and unlike the "non-native" ZFS, BTRFS is not packaged for easy installation into "my" linux. I guess I could run el7 with a "non-native" kernel. (but how is that better than running "non-native" ZFS). In practice, it looks like the "dkms" stuff is junk (*for me*, it always breaks between kernel releases - the problem it was supposed to solve). But the "kmod" release of ZFS seems to work well enough. I do have to disable automatic kernel updates, but that may be wise in some configurations anyway, YMMV. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada