From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 19:35:59 2008 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 038761065675 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:21f:d0ff:fe22:b8a8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83898FC1F for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:35:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1314531657; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:35:58 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3u6Y3S00zS5N; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:35:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from athena.localnet (athena.daycos.com [IPv6:2001:470:c054:1:221:9bff:fe00:de3f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 67A8C3164C; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:35:55 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Strauser To: "Valentin Bud" Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:36:02 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.1 (Linux/2.6.27-7-generic; KDE/4.1.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <200812010959.15647.kirk@strauser.com> <139b44430812011124j135c1889x71008fd39094c347@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <139b44430812011124j135c1889x71008fd39094c347@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200812011336.02805.kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disenchanted with ZFS; alternatives? 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, 01 Dec 2008 19:35:59 -0000 On Monday 01 December 2008 13:24:48 Valentin Bud wrote: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > It has a lot of really cool other features that I will probably never > > need. > then you don't need ZFS. usually you choose a technology because you need > it. if you don't need it then you don't use it. pure simple. Well, there are always external considerations: when my boss asks me about it, it'll be nice to have personal experience. I deploy a lot of stuff at home with an eye toward trying it at work down the road. - Kirk