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I have a dumb question: How are they using ZFS on these? I thought ZFS was incompatible with GPL, which was a stumbling block for implementing it in linux. Don'
by NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
I have a dumb question: How are they using ZFS on these? I thought ZFS was incompatible with GPL, which was a stumbling block for implementing it in linux. Don't tell me they're using FUSE.
Or do these NAS machines all run some BSD variant?
- dagw 12y agoThere's http://zfsonlinux.org/ http://zfsonlinux.org/ The ZFS license prohibits it from being distributed as part of the kernel binary, but there is nothing prohibiting source code or a binary for a ZFS kernel module from being distributed separately. But I have no idea if they use it or not.
- yardie 12y agoMost of these appliances aren't using ZFS. They are using mdadm with ext4.
- justincormack 12y agoYou can use it under Linux, but distribution is more involved, at least according to some people. Use FreeNAS if you want ZFS on a NAS though, it is well supported.