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BTRFS documentation still greatly trail behind ZFS, imo. It's RAID1 implementation is subpar in terms of monitoring.
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> Ditto for ZFS btw This is untrue. ZFS is ready for prime time. The problem here is that it is licensed under a license that is not compatible with the GPL, so it will never be imported into the kernel. Because it's an external module, most distros dont offer it in their installer etc. If you want zfs, you can either install it during install in expert mode, or go BSD where it is a first class FS
apt install zfs works just fine though? I’ve set it up in Debian many times in minutes, am I missing something?
How often are people reevaluating their file system choice? As excited as Linux users tend to be about the little things, the file system is so close to being unnoticeable day-to-day that it’s not worth the hassle when the current one works perfectly fine.
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Home distributions are very much not the right place to look for raid 5. That's small server territory.
Not everyone can afford a dedicated NAS/file server.
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What problem did Linus have with Sun? Oracle I understand, but Sun? Was it something to do with UNIX?
I haven't heard of him objecting to the Sun origins of ZFS, but he has warned people away from ZFS on the grounds of Oracle's litigious reputation: > And honestly, there is no way I can merge any of the ZFS efforts until I get an official letter from Oracle that is signed by their main legal counsel or preferably by Larry Ellison himself that says that yes, it's ok to do so and treat the end result as GPL'd. > Other…
Or is it a side effect of streaming everything? Ie who cares. Ie file systems are solved tech and nothing really new until permanent storage is as fast as RAM in all aspects, replaces it, and we get some new computing paradigm.
1 - increased complexity, makes troubleshooting harder 2 - higher risk of losing data 3 - harder to explain and understand vs ext4. 4 - has more special needs. in some cases you need way more free storage for rebalancing stuff around... you don't need that for ex4. --- now ext4 is surely worse than btrfs... but for the average home user btrfs is more of a problem than a solution, probably.
Personally I prefer ReiserFS, it has always been a killer file system in my view.