From: adfas a. <chi...@ya...> - 2009-10-12 03:54:45
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That's not what my questions are about. I don't doubt the value of ZFS. I'm concerned about the qualities of the ZFS-FUSE module, its interaction with FUSE and the kernel, and whether there could be any instability or slowdown in this vital link of the chain. ...And my other questions below. --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) <ru...@ru...> wrote: > ZFS talks to the kernel via FUSE > (/dev/fuse). Every kernel already comes with > FUSE, so there is nothing to compile. > > ZFS is feature complete and much, much better than > BTRFS. There is > checksumming and it is important because drives FAIL, > sometimes deliver bad > data, sometimes the cable sends bad data and corrupts data, > sometimes sectors > go bad and they take the contained data with them (happens > all the time). > End-to-end checksumming is the best thing because it lets > you detect problems > and fix them. It also has compression. > > El Viernes 09 Octubre 2009, adfas asd escribió: > > I wouldn't consider another OS, so it'd be > Debian. I see I would need to > > compile the FUSE module. > > > > What would this mean from an operational > standpoint? Once the FUSE module > > is in place would ZFS be just like another > filesystem, with mkzfs, etc? > > Would ZFS be available on boot, if I made say > /home ZFS? Would I set up a > > regular boot drive, say ext3, then set up /home > as raw disks with ZFS > > mirrored? Has anyone done performance > testing, to compare it with other > > filesystems/ RAID paradigms? > > > > So this is RAID1 through ZFS (as opposed to > mdadm)? Is it proven? Is > > there a way to stripe -and- mirror, as with > RAID10? Is it possible to > > RAID with only 2 drives, as it is with RAID10? > > > > I see that development of the FUSE module is rather > slow. Does it have > > enough ZFS features? Compression? > Checksumming? Why is checksumming > > important when the drive does automatic bad > block replacement? > > > > I understand that BTRFS is the 2nd generation ZFS for > Linux. Is that ready > > yet/ recommendable for use? > > > > Which is more recommendable: iSCSI, NBD, ENBD, or > DRBD? > > > > --- On Thu, 10/8/09, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) <ru...@ru...> > wrote: > > > What you want is ZFS, possibly on > > > Solaris but doable on Linux. You will > > > create one pool in the HTPC with your four disks > inside > > > that case there. Then > > > you will export the four disks in your garage > using NBD or > > > iSCSI, and import > > > these block devices in your HTPC. Then you > will add > > > each remote disk as a > > > mirror to the corresponding local disk in your > pool. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer > Conference in SF, CA is > > the only developer event you need to attend this > year. Jumpstart your > > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile > applications to market and stay > > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - > 12, 2009. Register now! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > > _______________________________________________ > > fuse-devel mailing list > > fus...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fuse-devel > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference > in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. > Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to > market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > fuse-devel mailing list > fus...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fuse-devel > |