Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:10:56 -0800 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD, Illumos ZFS, and OpenZFS Message-ID: <4ff00fb1-6f7b-476e-8eb5-7d5db8262a23@holgerdanske.com>
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freebsd-questions: I have been running FreeBSD 12 RELEASE amd64 with ZFS on root and a ZFS data pool 24x7 on a SOHO storage server for the past four years. The learning curve has been tough at times, but I have been very pleased with the results. AIUI FreeBSD 12 used Illumos ZFS code, while FreeBSD 13 uses OpenZFS code. Given the OpenZFS data corruption bug in December 2023, I was hesitant to upgrade to FreeBSD 13 and OpenZFS: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-Data-Corruption-Battle Now another OpenZFS bug has been found: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-Encrypt-Corrupt My avoidance of OpenZFS has been reaffirmed. I do not want my data on OpenZFS. But FreeBSD 12 is now EOL and unsupported. I cannot access the final set of packages. It is possible to run Illumos ZFS code on FreeBSD 13 RELEASE amd64? I do not see a port: https://ports.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=zfs&stype=name&sektion=all Should I just switch to an Illumos based distribution? Recommendations? https://illumos.org/docs/about/distro/ Any other comments or suggestions? David
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