ZFS On Linux Lands TRIM Support Ahead Of ZOL 0.8

[phoronix]

Phoronix: ZFS On Linux Lands TRIM Support Ahead Of ZOL 0.8

While we have been quite looking forward to ZFS On Linux 0.8 with its many additions, this next release will be even better as it now supports SSD TRIM...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ZFS-On-Linux-TRIM-Lands

[Candy]

Does actually anyone use ZFS ? Whenever I read about ZFS I have to think about "dead code" within the Linux Kernel.

[memeka]

I think you mean ghost code within the Linux kernel. Or invisible code.

[zdzichu]

Does actually anyone use ZFS ? Whenever I read about ZFS I have to think about "dead code" within the Linux Kernel.

You need to rethink. ZFS is NOT in Linux Kernel, and unlikely it ever be.

[darkbasic]

Does actually anyone use ZFS ? Whenever I read about ZFS I have to think about "dead code" within the Linux Kernel.

I do.

[starshipeleven]

Does actually anyone use ZFS ? Whenever I read about ZFS I have to think about "dead code" within the Linux Kernel.

ZFS is an out-of-tree module.

[eydee]

Pretty much all Linux distros these days tend to utilize systemd to TRIM-spam partitions DURING the boot process, making OS bootup once in a week take 5 to 10 minutes. All accompanied by a black screen, no status indicator, so only after hunting logs do you realize the thing was TRIMming your partitions 1000 times in the middle of the OS boot process. Windows partitions included, of course, because f... you, dual-booters.

All these lovely things are coming to ZFS users, so welcome to the party of sitting 10 minutes at a black screen just to get a chance to log in. Yeah, TRIM is a good and useful feature. It should never ever be done in the middle of an OS boot process. F... systemd and all distributions that allow this.

[mskarbek]

Does actually anyone use ZFS ? Whenever I read about ZFS I have to think about "dead code" within the Linux Kernel.

Yes, there are people that are using ZoL quite extensively.

[Raka555]

Pretty much all Linux distros these days tend to utilize systemd to TRIM-spam partitions DURING the boot process, making OS bootup once in a week take 5 to 10 minutes. All accompanied by a black screen, no status indicator, so only after hunting logs do you realize the thing was TRIMming your partitions 1000 times in the middle of the OS boot process. Windows partitions included, of course, because f... you, dual-booters.

All these lovely things are coming to ZFS users, so welcome to the party of sitting 10 minutes at a black screen just to get a chance to log in. Yeah, TRIM is a good and useful feature. It should never ever be done in the middle of an OS boot process. F... systemd and all distributions that allow this.

Systemd's claim to fame was that it will make bootup faster ...

Now doing another thing it should not be doing.

[Chugworth]

Does actually anyone use ZFS ? Whenever I read about ZFS I have to think about "dead code" within the Linux Kernel.

Yes, I use it here. I trust it more than Btrfs and and prefer the overall structure of how its used and managed.