dick hoogendijk wrote: > I read this just now in the Unix Guardian: > > <quote> > BTRFS, pronounced ButterFS: > BTRFS was launched in June 2007, and is a POSIX-compliant file system > that will support very large files and volumes (16 exabytes) and a > ridiculous number of files (two to the power of 64 files, to be > precise). The file system has object-level mirroring and striping, > checksums on data and metadata, online file system check, incremental > backup and file system mirroring, subvolumes with their own file system > roots, writable snapshots, and index and file packing to conserve > space, among many other features. BTRFS is not anywhere near primetime, > and Garbee figures it will take at least three years to get it out the > door. > </quote> > > I thought that ZFS was/is the way to the future, but reading this it > seems there are compatitors out there ;-) >
Not yet :-) Wait three years, if they are on time.... For today, this hour, you can actually use ZFS. Also, no problem, choice is good. It keep up the motivation for ongoing innovation. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
