Re: [gentoo-user] How to build a time machine on Gentoo

[Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling)]

Bill Longman <bill.longman@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/18/2010 11:03 AM, Nganon wrote:
> > Clear now, thanks.
> >  
> > 
> >     If you want a robust filesystem, look into ZFS/BTRFS.
> > 
> > 
> > AFAIK ZFS is unmaintained and BTRFS is not stable, am I wrong? 

Why do you believe ZFS is unmaintained?

> Not really. ZFS is only available on Solaris right now. I seem to
> remember it was running on one of the BSD's, too, since it's a matter of
> licensing that is the hurdle of greatest height. I've only played with
> BTRFS on my dev box and the simple workout I gave it did not tax it in
> any way--it worked okay.

ZFS has a very free license. This was the reason, why it could be ported to the 
BSDs. So why do you believe there is a "license hurdle"?

Also note: btrfs now is three years old. ZFS was started aprox. 10 years ago.
For this reason, btrfs is expected to need another 7 years to readh the level 
of stability currently seen with ZFS.


Jörg

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