Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-06 Thread App Deb
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Steven Susbauer wrote: > Android uses the Java language, but this is not what that suit is about. > Oracle claims the Dalvik VM infringes on their patents. If Android was using > the Java VM there would be no lawsuit. Sun was able to successfully sue > Microsoft fo

Re: FreeBSD-similar build-from-source Linux?

2010-11-10 Thread App Deb
2010/11/10 O. Hartmann : > Hello out there, > > well, my question may sound heretic, but since we use mostly Linux based > systems in our scientific environment and FreeBSD seems to lack in severe > support in GPGPU/CUDA capable graphics boards I need to setup a kind of > Linux facility to ensure h

Re: FreeBSD-similar build-from-source Linux?

2010-11-10 Thread App Deb
2010/11/10 "C. Bergström" : > App Deb wrote: >> >> 2010/11/10 O. Hartmann : >> >>> >>> Hello out there, >>> >>> well, my question may sound heretic, but since we use mostly Linux based >>> systems in our scientific envir

Re: Is ZFS ready for prime time?

2010-11-16 Thread App Deb
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > no. ZFS is not usable and will never be usable for anything more than a toy. > This is a result of that design. Actually I find the basics of its design pretty simple (cow/txg/zil) and for that reason I think it is going to become very r