DragonFlyBSD Lands New EXT2/3/4 File-System Driver

[zxy_thf]

Use NTFS for cross-platform file transfers? Should work even on OpenBSD just fine. I use same NTFS-formatted drive for data storage and movement between Win10 and FreeBSD.

OpenBSD could probably use BSD-licensed ext3/ext4..

NTFS is also my choice, although It's really weird to see NTFS becomes the de facto file system for inter OS data exchange.
Even if it's horribly slow but it always works.

[skeevy420]

There is no "unfortunately".
Linux has at least 5 different network/distributed filesystems that do more or less what HAMMER2 does, so whoever needs something like that can choose between a large roster already https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...d_file_systems and vendors like RedHat have already chosen their favourites (Gluster and Ceph) ages ago.

Linux support for gaming has no relevance for people that need to set up a cluster of servers with a distributed filesystem.
The fact that most of the distributed filesystems offered were ready for production use 5+ years ago while HAMMER2 is still in development is relevant.

I say unfortunate because crossplatform ZFS and BTRFS in the works means less and less reasons to consider BSD and more reasons to stick to Linux or MicroSatan.

I agree on the gaming/distributed file systems argument completely. The gaming aspect comes from random geeks at home using this cool Linux stuff to play games and multimedia and then using that knowledge to make decisions in their corporate life.

[starshipeleven]

Unfortunately, that. Most of us file system nerds are pretty entrenched in either ZFS or BTRFS, possibly with LUKS or LVM involved in some way.

There is no "unfortunately".
Linux has at least 5 different network/distributed filesystems that do more or less what HAMMER2 does, so whoever needs something like that can choose between a large roster already https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...d_file_systems and vendors like RedHat have already chosen their favourites (Gluster and Ceph) ages ago.

Linux has traditionally offered a better gaming experience which leads to more adoption rates. Can't keep a geek away from their games.

Linux support for gaming has no relevance for people that need to set up a cluster of servers with a distributed filesystem.
The fact that most of the distributed filesystems offered were ready for production use 5+ years ago while HAMMER2 is still in development is relevant.

[skeevy420]

Yeah because this attitude stopped people from porting ZFS and this out-of-tree effort from becoming the OpenZFS upstream, dethroning Illumos.

Face it, none is giving a crap about HAMMER2.

Unfortunately, that. Most of us file system nerds are pretty entrenched in either ZFS or BTRFS, possibly with LUKS or LVM involved in some way.

And it's not that we don't necessarily care, it's that Linux has traditionally offered a better gaming experience which leads to more adoption rates. Can't keep a geek away from their games.

[starshipeleven]

NIH. Not bloody likely with the general attitude of supremacy prevalent in Linux camp.

Yeah because this attitude stopped people from porting ZFS and this out-of-tree effort from becoming the OpenZFS upstream, dethroning Illumos.

Face it, none is giving a crap about HAMMER2.

[starshipeleven]

Wonder if we will see a port of HAMMER2 to linux.

Afaik it does not offer features that other network filesystems on Linux also offer, and there are A LOT of network filesystems on Linux already.

[pal666]

NIH.Not bloody likely with the general attitude of supremacy prevalent in Linux camp.

it has nothing to do with attitude. code doesn't write itself, somebody has to go and write it. if you need hammer2 driver for linux, you have to write it or pay someone to write it. linux supports dozens of filesystem, most of them were not invented in linux. they just had more demand than clueless form posts. xfs, being pushed by redhat, was invented in irix

[pal666]

It seems like you really need to format your drives ext2 or deal with the severe limitations of FAT32 drives.

or just use linux with superior fs selection

[aht0]

Wonder if we will see a port of HAMMER2 to linux.

NIH. Not bloody likely with the general attitude of supremacy prevalent in Linux camp.

[Raka555]

Wonder if we will see a port of HAMMER2 to linux.