From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 15 20:54:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6957C1065693 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:54:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88278FC1D for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwd20 with SMTP id 20so450740wwd.31 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:54:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=XTJ0+woW/fAcLYlo/mDoTLQruVZ8IFJW6Pv+CYln5yc=; b=P1tSXaXcd3FzP8dPckao/Crh0k6uNok2lsrgueML9TR56rgSmq0Pvqt9ce2JECFW2Y 8XwamCedM0A5fsF+qNyyiuJvoW3brfty4N/zX6Q+aXg7lDz8bZvEz9RAoL4PTkwpI8e1 eKzJ95ymu5ZryNS1qdQSVekB716u/QAIftZOg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=KGGOykRA4eMSpHOWwen9mPY+OkIzY72grX/m5UIBFNhMbKsDTtu0b+KH5f36JuvY7u DSxIPl7JfxoiD+nULbMprezjslV5I3XpGQ6vmP/JTrEMHuv1Xg/1eyZHICr0JN6/BZtV HoNWS84ncvCelGrJKOltpJYu30r3ZjHEzz6e8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.196.156 with SMTP id r28mr5711893wen.29.1289854455548; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:54:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.72.148 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:54:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1289851856.14522.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:54:14 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Wojciech Puchar , Devin Teske , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Modulok Subject: Re: Is ZFS ready for prime time? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:54:17 -0000 On 15 November 2010 20:42, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > >> Sounds like FUD. >> >> Like the OP, I too am interested in the current state of ZFS. We've been >> following the threads as far as build 28, and I do indeed see positive >> improvement and continued development. However, is anyone that is >> actively involved in the project able to provide a snapshot opinion of >> the production readiness of ZFS for enterprise deployment? >> >> If the opinion is that ZFS is not ready for production, are there any >> technical explanations as to the efficacy or lack thereof rather than >> the above philosophical FUD which implores the OP to pour over massive >> archives (which can paint an inverse picture because the archives are >> usually filled with a higher number of issues than success stories -- >> which is true of nearly ANY mailing-list)? >> > > You'll need to go over to freebsd-fs@ if you want a technical discussion. > All you'll get here is meaningless opinionated philosophical gibber with > little to no basis in reality. > > > > -- > Adam Vande More > true, but well all know that politics influence our jobs and lives far more than the absolute truth, so you cant just ignore it unfortunately. You get a failure of some kind, then some clueless suit does some googling, puts 1 and 2 together and comes up with 7, and suddenly your in a hard place justifying your choices.