Re: Got a call at 4am - RAID Gurus Please Read

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

zfs and ganeti
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On December 11, 2014 2:39:19 PM GMT+09:00, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster () gmail com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
> > > We are now using ZFS RAIDZ and the question I ask myself is, why
> > > wasn't I using ZFS years ago?
> >
> > because it is not production on linux,
>
> Well, it depends on what you mean by
> "production".  Certainly the ZFS on Linux
> group has said in some forums that it is
> "production ready", although I would say
> that their definition is not exactly the
> same as what I mean by the term.
>
> > which i have to use because
> > freebsd does not have kvm/ganeti.
>
> There is bhyve, and virt-manager can
> support bhyve in later versions (but is
> disabled by default as I recall).  Not
> exactly the same, of course.
>
> > want zfs very very badly.  snif.
>
> Anyone who really cares about their data
> wants ZFS.  Some just do not yet know
> that they (should) want it.
>
> There is always Illumos/OnmiOS/SmartOS
> to consider (depending on your particular
> requirements) which can do ZFS and KVM.