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Oracle sells Oracle Linux, a RedHat clone. ZFS on Linux (ZoL) isn't controlled by Oracle, it is a fork of OpenSolaris version of ZFS. The ZFS sold by Oracle on
by Elv13 9y ago
Oracle sells Oracle Linux, a RedHat clone. ZFS on Linux (ZoL) isn't controlled by Oracle, it is a fork of OpenSolaris version of ZFS. The ZFS sold by Oracle on Solaris isn't the same product and doesn't support Linux. Oracle doesn't want to support it on Linux because it would fragment one of the remaining cash cow they got from Sun. And anyway, they probably can't support ZoL even if they wanted to without putting themselves into self induced legal gray water. Apparently, they intend to move Solaris into a rolling model like Windows 10, but focused on legacy. They can sell ZFS there without affecting their Linux operations. There is also a rumor of a deal with NetApp not to support ZFS on Linux. All combined, BTRFS is a better suited tech for them to support.
- rehemiau 9y agoI was wondering, how does Illumos fit into all this? Is their ZFS the Oracle-controlled one?
- cyphar 9y agoillumos is the repo of record for OpenZFS[1], which is the community fork of OpenSolaris' ZFS (which is now proprietary). Most of the really cool new features are in OpenZFS because it has far more developer involvement (from FreeBSD, illumos, etc). [1]: http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_Page http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_Page
- boomboomsubban 9y agoNo, they split when Oracle bought Sun. The only part of OpenZFS, which everything but Solaris uses, that involves Oracle is a number of patents that the CDDL grants permission to use.
- laumars 9y agoNo: http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_Page http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_Page Illumos is a fork of OpenSolaris: https://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/illumos+Home https://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/illumos+Home Basically ZFS is Solaris (Oracle), everything else is OpenZFS. And every Solaris-like OS is at best just going to be an OpenSolaris (or derivative) fork.