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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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excited

by DirtyHarry on Wed 30th Apr 2008 14:33 UTC

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2006-01-31

Although in a very early state I'm soooo excited about this filing system. In stead of whining about 'ZFS for Linux' I think this project has a higher change of succeeding in being the 'next-generation' filing system for Linux. I'm not saying it's better than ZFS, but is doesn't have the political issues of ZFS.

Also I get the idea that kernel community is waiting in anticipation for this stuff. And now Hans R. is probably going to jail for a long time we can forget Reiser4...

Long live BTRFS!

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RE: excited

by Sodki on Wed 30th Apr 2008 16:28 in reply to "excited"

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2005-11-10

I'm not saying it's better than ZFS, but is doesn't have the political issues of ZFS.

What political issues? The only problem of ZFS, as far as Linux is concerned, is that its license is GPL incompatible.

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RE[2]: excited

by Wes Felter on Wed 30th Apr 2008 16:31 in reply to "RE: excited"

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2005-11-15

Licensing is political. NIH is also a political issue.

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