Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:05:48 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org, =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: It's 2008. 1 TB disk drives cost $160. Quotas are 32-bit. Message-ID: <20080630085612.G1807@kozubik.com> In-Reply-To: <4868FB2F.7010204@FreeBSD.org> References: <20080628132632.R1807@kozubik.com> <864p7bw387.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080630073539.U1807@kozubik.com> <4868FB2F.7010204@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: > However, quota support is not in the core feature set of most > developers, or dare I say most users. > > Likewise, you may be surprised to hear what kind of "peripheral" > features other users and developers consider to be "core". For me, ZFS > has become a core feature, even though to you it's merely a "shiny > bauble". I am sure we can point to most systems in FreeBSD and find a > user somewhere who considers it to be an indispensible, "core feature". That point is well taken. However, regardless of the adoption rate, I _do_ believe that there is still a qualitative difference between quotas and, for instance, ZFS - in terms of "coreness". I believe this because of the historical presence of this functionality and the reasonable expectation that it represents a basic function of a unix-based OS (not just FreeBSD). This may change. It may, as you say, be changing as we speak. That is why I regret not speaking up years ago when the bigdisk "progress" page was still only a minor embarrassment. That is also why I have offered funds for the work.
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