[OpenAFS] Overview? Linux filesystem choices

Robert Milkowski milek@task.gda.pl
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:56:44 +0100


On 30/09/2010 22:42, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 20:09, Robert Milkowski<milek@task.gda.pl>  wrote:
>
> ...
>    
>> btw: according to the leaked memo Oracle will provide source code for
>> Solaris, including ZFS, everytime they produce a new Solaris release. This
>> would mean that it will still be open source, but development wouldn't
>> happen in open.
>>      
> I read the same leaked memo, and what I took from it is that
> it implies no interim feature updates (which for ZFS have
> been occurring during the current Solaris release), and no
> bug fixes (when needed).  Just a code drop every major
> release (24 months or so?).  As to whether that is what
> will actually happen is unclear (leaked memos are not
> policy).
>    

Well, they've just releases S10 U9 with ZFS updates.
Then they are about to publish Solaris 11 Express with even more new ZFS 
features.