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Date:      Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:11:21 +0100
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Looking for a Text on ZFS
Message-ID:  <200802022111.21862.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
In-Reply-To: <fo2f26$1l2q$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net>
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On Saturday 02 February 2008 20:07:50 Christian Baer wrote:

> Can anyone give me a link to a text on ZFS that tells me why I might want
> to use that instead of FFS? I don't want to start a discussion which is
> better, just a comparison, as I assume that the two are not designed to do
> the same things. And if possible one that is understandable to people who
> don't hack FS-code. :-)

If you review the "Not done" items @ http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS and still are 
doubting, then http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/whatis/ describes 
what the features *can* be. I got a good impression from that text what the 
advantages are, but I'm too conservative to migrate myself. YMMV.

-- 
Mel



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