Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 12:55 UTC, submitted by diegocg
The (unstable and development-oriented only) filesystem Btrfs version 0.14 has been released. "Btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Initially developed by Oracle, Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone."
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No. That is a mischaracterization. Btrfs is intended to work closely *with* dm and lvm. A certain minimum amount of functionality is duplicated between btrfs and the current dm and lvm where absolutely necessary. Read what Chris says about this:
http://lwn.net/Articles/265533/
Edited 2008-04-30 17:59 UTC