I would like to learn more about ZFS... Would someone be willing to talk about ZFS, and or ZFS on Linux, at the Penguins Unbound Meeting June 1st (meeting date moved because of Memorial Day). ==>brian. On 05/17/2013 08:03 AM, Michael Greenly wrote: > I've been using native ZFS on Linux <http://zfsonlinux.org/> without > issue. They have packages for most major distributions as well. > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com > <mailto:kc0iog at gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com > <mailto:mbmiller%2Bl at gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Thu, 16 May 2013, Paul graf wrote: > > > >> Mike have you ever used 'opendiana' I am curious about that > operating > >> system as well as 'Solaris'. > > > > > > No. In fact, I hadn't even heard of it. Maybe that's because > I've been > > using Linux instead of Solaris for several years and really not > thinking > > about going back. > > OpenIndiana is the rebirth of OpenSolaris after Oracle bought Sun. I > use it for tinkering (I work in a Solaris shop) but I've never used it > for any real production work. Unless you NEED Solaris for some reason > (dtrace has been previously discussed) there's little reason to switch > from linux. ZFS is readily available in Debian, just install the > zfs-fuse package and you can tinker with it. I prefer ZFS over > mdraid/LVM because it seems to be more robust and much easier to > manage. The downside, of course, is that it's closed source courtesy > of Oracle so you have to assess your priorities. I run ZFS on my > linux virtualization server and I think it's awesome, of course YMMV. > > I think it ROCKS that in the technology age we live in, is how easy it > is to spin up a test machine and tinker. So, if you're thinking of > trying something new... well, go for it! > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > -- > Michael Greenly > http://logic-refinery.com <http://logic-refinery.com/> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >