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How many of the Illumos or FreeBSD developers are working on ZFS? I'm curious if those implementations actually have any more manpower than the ZFS on Linux pro

• flatline3 14y ago
  It seems more valuable to judge them by the fruits of their labor. This applies to more than just file systems.
• bcantrill 14y ago
  The companies that are betting on ZFS -- Delphix, Nexenta and Joyent (and a bunch more that are less public about their work) -- are overwhelmingly (indeed, exclusively, to the best of my knowledge) on illumos and FreeBSD. Of these, Delphix in particular is of note because of the original ZFS core team members working there: Matt Ahrens (the co-inventor of ZFS), Eric Schrock and George Wilson -- not to mention important ZFS contributors like Adam Leventhal and Chris Siden.[1] So illumos remains the repository of record for ZFS -- with a close relationship with those working on ZFS on FreeBSD. While the Linux port is certainly a Good Thing, it does not reflect shift in the epicenter of ZFS development... [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc#t=43m54s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc#t=43m54s
• gcb 14y ago
  You don't want manpower for file system stuff. All my prepare and forget servers runs openbsd just because they have less people adding features (and bugs) and the few people there have awesome attention to quality (not just security) to the point of trading documentation bugs as well, bugs. Granted it will move slower. And you may not have zfs...