UFS(2, 3 ?) vs ZFS.

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Jun 15 18:34:14 UTC 2007


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.

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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