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But if they thought that btrfs was the future, they would definitely have put in the manpower to maintain and backport btrfs. Red Hat probably believes that XFS
by danieldk 9y ago
But if they thought that btrfs was the future, they would definitely have put in the manpower to maintain and backport btrfs. Red Hat probably believes that XFS + LVM et al. can provide the necessary functionality for enterprise setups on a more reliable basis.
- catdog 9y agoThey were never heavily invested in btrfs and they simply already employ a lot of XFS developers. I also don't think it's that easy to put more manpower into it. People with expertise in such such a rather complex niche field don't grow on trees.
- 72deluxe 9y agoBut do they grow on btrees? Filesystem joke, hilarious I know