ZFS on Debian GNU/Linux
On 02/28/2016 02:40 AM, Saša Janiška wrote:
> I'd like to use zfs, but, it's still lacks proper distro support to
> fiddle with it.
I believe the crux issue is incompatible licenses between Linux (GPL)
and OpenZFS (CDDL):
http://open-zfs.org/wiki/FAQ#Licensing
I believe some Linux distributions have tried to offered ZFS OOTB, but
people and organizations have cried GPL foul:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/
I believe Debian GNU/ kFreeBSD supports ZFS, but I've never had much
success with Debian GNU/ kFreeBSD. Perhaps I need to try again:
https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ#Q._Is_there_ZFS_support.3F
https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ#Q._Can_I_use_ZFS_as_root_or_.2Fboot_file_system.3F
zfs-fuse is integrated into Debian GNU/ Linux, but is older, slower, and
lacks features. I ran it on Wheezy, and it worked:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/zfs-fuse
I ran a Wheezy Samba server with mirrored ZFS on Linux (ZOL) for bulk
data, but never had much success writing a /etc/init.d script that
worked reliably:
http://zfsonlinux.org/debian.html
I would very much like to have a Debian machine with mirrored ZFS for
boot, root, home, bulk data, etc.. I could live with an ext4 boot on a
USB flash drive.
Any other thoughts, comments, or suggestions for ZFS on Debian GNU/Linux?
David
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