ZFSOnLinux 0.6.5.8 Now Supports The Latest Linux Kernels

[phoronix]

Phoronix: ZFSOnLinux 0.6.5.8 Now Supports The Latest Linux Kernels

ZFS On Linux 0.6.5.8 was released on Friday as the newest version of this OpenZFS file-system implementation...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...nLinux-0.6.5.8

[johnc]

With ZFS now being so well supported on Linux, would there be any reason to build a NAS using FreeBSD or a Solaris-based distro?

[boxie]

With ZFS now being so well supported on Linux, would there be any reason to build a NAS using FreeBSD or a Solaris-based distro?

That all depends on if you want an all in one distro where you do not care about the underlying OS and just the functionality.

[Dick Palmer]

Phoronix: ZFSOnLinux 0.6.5.8 Now Supports The Latest Linux Kernels

ZFS On Linux 0.6.5.8 was released on Friday as the newest version of this OpenZFS file-system implementation...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...nLinux-0.6.5.8

Interesting news...

Any chance we'll see it included in the next round of FS benchmarks?

EXT4/XFS/F2FS/BTRFS/ZFS on a single SSD & HDD?... A three-way BTRFS/ZFS/Linux comparison covering the most common RAID modes would be interesting too.. of course.. on both SSDs & HDDs again, naturally

Should keep the boredom at bay for a while

PS Like the new forum UI

[pcxmac]

With ZFS now being so well supported on Linux, would there be any reason to build a NAS using FreeBSD or a Solaris-based distro?

last time I looked encryption isn't well supported in ZFS.

[kernelOfTruth]

last time I looked encryption isn't well supported in ZFS.

Yeah, it's under heavy development right now:

https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/4329 ZFS Encryption


the other interesting feature is compressed ARC and the ABD changes

https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/5078 Compressed ARC, Compressed Send/Recv, ARC refactoring
https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/3441 ABD: linear/scatter dual typed buffer for ARC (ver 2)


Not to forget @ryao's API stabilization patches:

https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/3907 Initial stable API + ClusterHQ libzfs_core extensions + various fixes


Thanks for the post save & restore feature, Michael, just saved me lots of typing after a tab crash in chromium (actually I wouldn't have restarted this post without it )

[nils_]

Official website hasn't been updated though, neither have the PPA.

[coder]

the other interesting feature is compressed ARC and the ABD changes

https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/5078 Compressed ARC, Compressed Send/Recv, ARC refactoring
https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/3441 ABD: linear/scatter dual typed buffer for ARC (ver 2)

What's ARC, ABD, and Send/Recv to/from where?

Anyone want to do a bit of advocacy and tell me why I should prefer OpenZFS over BTRFS?