I've been using native ZFS on Linux <http://zfsonlinux.org/> without issue.
 They have packages for most major distributions as well.


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 May 2013, Paul graf wrote:
> >
> >> Mike have you ever used 'opendiana' I am curious about that operating
> >> system as well as 'Solaris'.
> >
> >
> > No.  In fact, I hadn't even heard of it.  Maybe that's because I've been
> > using Linux instead of Solaris for several years and really not thinking
> > about going back.
>
> OpenIndiana is the rebirth of OpenSolaris after Oracle bought Sun.  I
> use it for tinkering (I work in a Solaris shop) but I've never used it
> for any real production work.  Unless you NEED Solaris for some reason
> (dtrace has been previously discussed) there's little reason to switch
> from linux.  ZFS is readily available in Debian, just install the
> zfs-fuse package and you can tinker with it.  I prefer ZFS over
> mdraid/LVM because it seems to be more robust and much easier to
> manage.  The downside, of course, is that it's closed source courtesy
> of Oracle so you have to assess your priorities.  I run ZFS on my
> linux virtualization server and I think it's awesome, of course YMMV.
>
> I think it ROCKS that in the technology age we live in, is how easy it
> is to spin up a test machine and tinker.  So, if you're thinking of
> trying something new... well, go for it!
>
> Brian
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