I have helped clients configure, maintain and optimize OpenZFS-based systems ranging from one to 500 terabytes in size.I have moved OpenZFS-formatted multi-terabyte USB drives from my FreeNAS system to a Raspberry Pi 3 running FreeBSD and run my backup routine without issue.OpenZFS has been my primary store under macOS for over five years and root file system under FreeBSD.In the meantime, I personally am confident that OpenZFS truly addresses the shortcomings of other file systems and does so in a way that is extremely accessible to me: I invite you to start that journey with a simple question: “Can you verify without a doubt that your data has not suffered from bit rot?” I look forward to your answer. I have addressed the merits of OpenZFS at length in various ways and I welcome you, in fact urge you to verify those merits on your own. OpenZFS goes to unrivaled lengths to protect your data and is highly flexible and scalable. The same is becoming true of OpenZFS, the community branch of Sun Microsystems’ revolutionary, and eventually open sourced enterprise file system.įortunately, like OpenSSH, OpenZFS really is as good as people say it is. Monoculturalism has long been a driving factor in computing and is often self-perpetuating: Why not use and standardize on a good technology? OpenSSH was the right solution at the right time and remains the de facto remote login tool on Internet-connected systems, open source and proprietary. My colleagues with the OpenBSD project are flattered by the popularity of OpenSSH but insist that they don’t want it to be the only game in town.
#Openzfs vs maczfs windows#
Monocultures risk becoming vulnerable monopolies which is why virus writers target Microsoft Windows and we may face an “ Impending Crypto Monoculture“.
This vote of no confidence from Red Hat leaves OpenZFS as the only proven Open Source data-validating enterprise file system and with that role comes great responsibility. SUSE continues to support Btrfs in only RAID 10 equivalent configurations, and only time will tell if bcachefs proves to be a compelling alternative to OpenZFS. I personally have invested my volunteer time and career in Open Source hypervisors and file systems and I am saddened to hear that a fledgling alternative to OpenZFS suffered a setback this week with Red Hat’s announcement that it is deprecating Btrfs as a “Preview” file system.
#Openzfs vs maczfs software#
Name any category of software from complete operating systems on up and you have a plethora of choices with drastically-different philosophies, licenses, countries of origin, programming languages, and user experiences. Beyond the balance of freedom and control that Open Source provides, the sheer choice found in the Open Source ecosystem is one of its greatest strengths. I don’t know who said it first but hats off to them: “The only thing worse than competition is no competition.” This adage applies equally to market making where no competition can mean no customers, and to monopolies and monocultures. Our Senior Analyst’s take on this week’s Btrfs news from Red Hat