How Stable Is Zfs on Linux?
Contents Described as “The Last Word in Filesystems”, Zfs Is Stable, Fast, Secure, and Future-Proof. Being Licensed Under the Cddl, and Thus Incompatible with...
Described as “The last word in filesystems”, ZFS is stable, fast, secure, and future-proof. Being licensed under the CDDL, and thus incompatible with GPL, it is not possible for ZFS to be distributed along with the Linux Kernel.
Does Linux support ZFS?
ZFS was designed to be a next generation file system for Sun Microsystems’ OpenSolaris. In 2008, ZFS was ported to FreeBSD. … However, since ZFS is licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License, which is incompatible with the GNU General Public License, it cannot be included in the Linux kernel.
Is ZFS dead?
PC file system progress stalled this week with the news on MacOSforge that Apple’s ZFS project is dead. ZFS Project Shutdown 2009-10-23 The ZFS project has been discontinued. The mailing list and repository will also be removed shortly. ZFS, developed by Sun engineers, is the first 21st century file system.