From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 2 01:03:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11040106566C for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 01:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apeiron@isuckatdomains.net) Received: from isuckatdomains.net (unknown [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:4::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDE5D8FC0C for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 01:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isuckatdomains.members.linode.com (isuckatdomains.net [74.207.243.179]) by isuckatdomains.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04C8D45AB1 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:03:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:03:46 -0400 From: Chris Nehren To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120602010346.GA27660@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com> References: <20120601121555.GF5335@home.opsec.eu> <4FC8B67D.5090208@digsys.bg> <20120601131236.GJ8591@macbook.bluepipe.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120601131236.GJ8591@macbook.bluepipe.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:03:49 -0000 On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 15:12:36 +0200 , Phil Regnauld wrote: > > * full virtualization > > I am using VirtualBox in production with HAST + ZVOLs, but we need > something like DRBD's dual master mode to be able to do a teleport of the > instance like Ganeti does (http://code.google.com/p/ganeti/) with Linux > > Getting Xen dom0 and/or KVM would be a major boost as a virtualization > platform, in particular with ZFS. > > * Gluster > > For very large FSes, nothing beats it, especially now that 3.3 has been > released. > You say your'e using ZVOLs but then recommend gluster for large filesystems. I would like to take a moment to point out that one of the design goals of ZFS was to scale beyond the capabilities of current hardware. What does gluster do that ZFS does not? I'm not trying to troll here, but am genuinely curious about ZFS's shortfalls in one of the problem domains it seeks to address. -- Thanks and best regards, Chris Nehren