ZFS on Linux (Was: Corrupt file system)

[Rabin Yasharzadehe]

I haven't tried it with Ubuntu, but since Ubuntu is trying to reach the
corporate world,
and they are the first distro to support ZFS,
I guess they will ensure you do not get A broken module,
and so I expect it to be A more smoothly experience.

PS. even with Fedora, it only happen to me once, that the kernel was ahead
of the package in the ZFS repo, and the package didn't build.
and ever since I just check the github issue page before a major upgrade
(eg. from F25->F26), to make sure there is no problem and there is A repo
ready for the new release.

but even if the build will fail for a new kernel, that only limit you from
using the new kernel to access the data, you can still boot with the older
kernel which the module was successfully compiled on it.


--
Rabin

On 24 September 2017 at 13:00, Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il> wrote:

> Hello Rabin,
>
> Yes, I'm aware that it's a Solaris thing. Also that it comes with its own
> RAID kit and such.
>
> And the fact that it comes from the corporate world could be an advantage.
>
> But the question is if it's something I really would like to have on my
> next computer. Given that I like my computer working, and not me working on
> my computer. Your experience seems to say "wait a bit with that".
>
> Thanks,
>    Eli
>
> On 24/09/17 02:01, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote:
>
>> ZFS is not "native" Linux fs, it was ported from Solaris & BSD OS's,
>> you can read more about it in the history section of ZFS wiki page <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS#History>.
>>
>> - FreeNAS use it for the NAS storage pool,
>> - Ubuntu/Canoncial started to integrate it with version 16.04 (IIRC)
>> - and I also tried it on my laptop with Fedora (which some time's breaks
>> because of the frequent Kernel upgrades)
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rabin
>>
>> On 23 September 2017 at 12:51, Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il <mailto:
>> eli at billauer.co.il>> wrote:
>>
>>     Thanks, Ori.
>>
>>     ZFS sounds interesting indeed. The question that comes to mind is:
>>     It's a different creature, with significant emphasis on stability
>>     and data integrity. How come it's unknown? Isn't this exactly what
>>     all companies with a lot of servers want?
>>
>>     Anyone on this list using ZFS on his or her own computer?
>>
>>     As for RAM corruption, I pretty much doubt it. I've seen a lot of
>>     it on embedded systems I've worked with. It always goes along with
>>     programs crashing suddenly and weird kernel messages. But my
>>     computer has been stable as a rock for several years.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>        Eli
>>
>>     On 22/09/17 17:12, Ori Berger wrote:
>>
>>         This could be the result of anything from a power glitch,
>>         strong RF transmission from another device next to the
>>         computer, bad power supply or bad memory. The hard disk itself
>>         is not more suspect than any other component in your system.
>>
>>         Personally, I've twice had data mysteriously corrupted (once
>>         on Win2K, once on Linux), and in both cases it turned out that
>>         the RAM was bad; Since then, I never start using a system
>>         until it has successfully run through 48 hours of memtest.
>>
>>         When you install your next system, consider ZFS / ZoL - it
>>         tends to alert you to bad RAM or bad power supply rather quickly.
>>
>>         On 09/22/2017 12:11 PM, Eli Billauer wrote:
>>
>>             Hello all,
>>
>>             TL;DR: My hard disk's filesystem was corrupt, but the
>>             SMART statistics
>>             is perfect. Should I replace the hard disk?
>>
>>
>>
>>         _______________________________________________
>>         Linux-il mailing list
>>         Linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il <mailto:Linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
>>         http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
>>         <http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il>
>>
>>
>>
>>     --     Web: http://www.billauer.co.il
>>
>>
>>     _______________________________________________
>>     Linux-il mailing list
>>     Linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il <mailto:Linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
>>     http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
>>     <http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Web: http://www.billauer.co.il
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20170924/2302fa2a/attachment-0001.html>