Linux 5.1 Arrives

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Post by CrankyBear » Tue, May 07, 2019, 3:16 PM UTC

Linux 5.1 Arrives
zdnet.com

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#2

Post by kawsper » Tue, May 07, 2019, 3:48 PM UTC

Whats the current status of the situation between the ZFS-on-Linux project and Linux 5.1+?

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#3

Post by burtonator » Tue, May 07, 2019, 3:58 PM UTC

kawsper wrote: post #2

Whats the current status of the situation between the ZFS-on-Linux project and Linux 5.1+?

How is ZFS in general vs btrfs?

ZFS is basically killed by Oracle right?

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Post by Wowfunhappy » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC

burtonator wrote: post #3

kawsper wrote: post #2

Whats the current status of the situation between the ZFS-on-Linux project and Linux 5.1+?

How is ZFS in general vs btrfs? ZFS is basically killed by Oracle right?

> ZFS is basically killed by Oracle right?

Uh, no? OpenZFS is being actively developed and maintained, albeit not by Oracle.

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Post by ComputerGuru » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:08 PM UTC

burtonator wrote: post #3

kawsper wrote: post #2

Whats the current status of the situation between the ZFS-on-Linux project and Linux 5.1+?

How is ZFS in general vs btrfs? ZFS is basically killed by Oracle right?

btrfs is a dumpster truck on fire and everyone serious about their data has switched to ZoL or is holding out in hopes that bcachefs won't be a similar clusterfsck (which shouldn't be too hard to do).

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Post by isatty » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:11 PM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #4

burtonator wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is ZFS in general vs btrfs? ZFS is basically killed by Oracle right?

> ZFS is basically killed by Oracle right? Uh, no? OpenZFS is being actively developed and maintained, albeit not by Oracle.

Being not by Oracle is a feature; not a bug.

Re: Linux 5.1 Arrives

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Post by jolmg » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:13 PM UTC

> The first of these is Linux now supports persistent memory as RAM. Sure, non-volatile memory (NVM) isn't as fast as good old RAM, but on newer systems it gives you the option of expanding your memory.

That sounds like swap. What's the difference?

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Post by greggyb » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:17 PM UTC

jolmg wrote: post #7

> The first of these is Linux now supports persistent memory as RAM. Sure, non-volatile memory (NVM) isn't as fast as good old RAM, but on newer systems it gives you the option of expanding your memory. That sounds like swap. What's the difference?

SSD on DIMM.

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Post by andrius4669 » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:23 PM UTC

https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges more detailed changelog

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Post by 24gttghh » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:40 PM UTC

greggyb wrote: post #8

jolmg wrote: post #7

> The first of these is Linux now supports persistent memory as RAM. Sure, non-volatile memory (NVM) isn't as fast as good old RAM, but on newer systems it gives you the option of expanding your memory. That sounds like swap. What's the difference?

SSD on DIMM.

So, a RAM Drive?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive