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You can still use ZFS on linux using fuse so unless you want to boot off of it, you should be able to use it for any file server needs when it becomes stable.
by newt0311 18y ago
You can still use ZFS on linux using fuse so unless you want to boot off of it, you should be able to use it for any file server needs when it becomes stable.
A better option would be using freeBSD with ZFS. FreeBSD has much better support for ZFS as they don't care about the licensing issue (though the support is still experimental). Since freeBSD is (in the marginal case) more stable and secure than linux, it would make more sense for a home server anyway.
- thesethings 18y agoThanks for the fuse info. (Point for you!) I didn't know about that. As for FreeBSD... I actually know OpenSolaris better than FreeBSD, so if I left Linux altogether, I'd probably just use it. I guess I'm especially curious about people who are using standalone (Open)Solaris ZFS fileservers, and how they're accessing it from non Solaris OS's.
- litewulf 18y agoCaveat: FUSE is very slow for ZFS. Use it only to check out the features, but if you run it (hypothetically) on something important, be mindful of the limitations.