Comments on: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server to pioneer ZFS ahead of desktop http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Apple shuts down ZFS open source project — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-21917 Apple shuts down ZFS open source project — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:33:56 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3126#comment-21917 [...] February of this year, AppleInsider reported on Apple’s internal efforts to add new read/write ZFS features to Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and support these in Disk [...] [...] February of this year, AppleInsider reported on Apple’s internal efforts to add new read/write ZFS features to Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and support these in Disk [...]

]]> By: I AM OSX » Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server to pioneer ZFS ahead of desktop … http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-18345 I AM OSX » Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server to pioneer ZFS ahead of desktop … Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:53:41 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3126#comment-18345 [...] Read more from the original source: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server to pioneer ZFS ahead of desktop … [...] [...] Read more from the original source: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server to pioneer ZFS ahead of desktop … [...]

]]> By: leicaman http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-18260 leicaman Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:57:40 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3126#comment-18260 What a strange coincidence. Something I read somewhere caused me to go searching on the latest news about ZFS, and Google brings me here! My fear is that IBM might nuke Sun's support of ZFS once they get control of the company. IBM has been really consistent about making bad choices, even way before they badly bungled OS/2. Let's hope they see ZFS in the long run as a tool to take on Microsoft and any attempt by that company to resurrect WinFS or some variant nightmare. What a strange coincidence. Something I read somewhere caused me to go searching on the latest news about ZFS, and Google brings me here!

My fear is that IBM might nuke Sun’s support of ZFS once they get control of the company. IBM has been really consistent about making bad choices, even way before they badly bungled OS/2. Let’s hope they see ZFS in the long run as a tool to take on Microsoft and any attempt by that company to resurrect WinFS or some variant nightmare.

]]> By: Guillaume Gete http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-17278 Guillaume Gete Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:58:19 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3126#comment-17278 <i>A similar thing happened when Apple released its IP over Firewire implementation, which was first incorporated into Mac OS X Server before being added to the desktop version in a later free update.</i> Actually, it happened also for Journalised HFS+ (Server 10.2.3, and Client 10.3) and ACLs (Server 10.4, then client 10.5)... A similar thing happened when Apple released its IP over Firewire implementation, which was first incorporated into Mac OS X Server before being added to the desktop version in a later free update.

Actually, it happened also for Journalised HFS+ (Server 10.2.3, and Client 10.3) and ACLs (Server 10.4, then client 10.5)…

]]> By: PPie http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-17241 PPie Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:39:08 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3126#comment-17241 Even for Time Machine it will be useful, as ZFS supports doing a smart 'diff' on two snapshots. That is normally used for replication across 2 machines, but of course can also be used for replicating to an external drive. This replication only transfers the changed blocks, not complete files. That would be _very_ useful for a home user. Having large files changing only a single block now incur a big file copy. An example of this would be a virtual machine disk image, or an edit to a video file. The current 'parallel' HFS+ using hard links to directories is in my opinion a kludge... The fact that a hard-linked directory was never available on any Unix due to all the problems with it should point that out. Even for Time Machine it will be useful, as ZFS supports doing a smart ‘diff’ on two snapshots. That is normally used for replication across 2 machines, but of course can also be used for replicating to an external drive. This replication only transfers the changed blocks, not complete files. That would be _very_ useful for a home user. Having large files changing only a single block now incur a big file copy. An example of this would be a virtual machine disk image, or an edit to a video file.
The current ‘parallel’ HFS+ using hard links to directories is in my opinion a kludge… The fact that a hard-linked directory was never available on any Unix due to all the problems with it should point that out.

]]> By: mrsteveman1 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/09/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-server-to-pioneer-zfs-ahead-of-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-17235 mrsteveman1 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:40:24 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3126#comment-17235 I think integrity checking would be valuable even to home users. I think integrity checking would be valuable even to home users.

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