Wish: enable full ZFS support in Gutsy
Bug #120219 reported by
lefty.crupps
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #108874: [needs-packaging] Additional FUSE filesystems.
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Bug Description
I would really like to take advantage of the CDDL-licensed ZFS from Sun for the storage drives on my computer. It may not be functional for the / (root) partition (unless /boot is on its own)(or maybe /boot can handle it fine, i don't know) but the ZFS seems to have major benefits in read/write and with data snapshots. For my drive of documents, my drive of music, my drive of home movies and footage... all of this would benefit with increased I/O, with snapshots, and with scalability.
Here is a brilliant article which describes the ZFS and its benefits for the home user:
http://
Thanks for reading my wish, and I hope it can be implemented (maybe in Universe if not Main?)
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| lefty.crupps (eljefedelito) wrote | #1 |
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| Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote | #2 |
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As I have followed up on this more, it seems that Linus himself would like the ZFS but is wary of Sun and concerned with the licensing incompatibilities. Ubuntu seems more pragmatic, where if the code is useful it should be included, with a hope for future Free software to replace the closed-source. ZFS might be just that.
My suggestion to Ubuntu is to implement ZFS anyways (is this possible?) either into the kernel or as a module for Ubuntu, and then write an app similar to Apple's TimeMachine to take advantage of this file system. Then, use the ZFS as the default file system and present the new TimeMachine-type app with first-boot, along with an intro screen that explains the concept and its benefits, and how to do it.
Please consider this, and consider it (time machine app) for ALL of the Ubuntu family (K/X/Edu/Ubuntu) as I am tired of innovation for Kubuntu being three steps behind Ubuntu....