UFS(2, 3 ?) vs ZFS.

[Jim Capozzoli]

On 6/15/07, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:51:31PM +0200, Albert Shih wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Anyone known what's the futur of ufs2 ? Is there any plan to make a ufs3
> > for very large FS (> 2TB) . Or the plan is to use classic ufs for /  & /usr and lets
> > use ZFS for /home
>
> ZFS will remain an optional alternative because of the licensing, so
> UFS and future derivatives are here to stay.
>
Yeah, but you know because of how nice ZFS is, a concept of using ZFS
for /home and UFS for everything else will probably turn into a
tradition or something. ;)  Why couldn't one make it so you have ZFS
capability during a FreeBSD install, ZFS licensing isn't that bad is
it?
> UFS2 does not have problems with creating filesystems >2TB so there is
> no need for a UFS3 on that account.
>
> Kris
>
>

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Jim Capozzoli
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