On 18 August 2010 21:37, 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?
>
> 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.
>
>
Right, remembered after reading the 'licensing', it was only available
through FUSE.

I just checked on BTRFS. wiki.kernel.org says BTRFS is stable as of 2.6.29
but still
masked on Gentoo. I will read more about it later and decide whether to
convert.