But "just" slapping all these layers on each other (configuring each individually and then hoping for the best) doesn't seem like the best idea for production systems either.
I guess back in the Sun/Solaris days, people still had the luxury of releasing (major) features in major versions, every few years instead of weeks or months... and as far as storage, backup, security solutions go - can't really do this right with the move fast & break things culture...
Supposedly (and I only know this because Kent has talked about it in various public conferences) Kent has a regular conference call with Red Hat engineers and there is interest from Red Hat in helping it get polished up. So perhaps in a few years bcachefs will be a supported option.
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/197643
Also, there's a PDF doc (from a conference presentation), covering many layers of potential alternatives for ZFS features:
- https://hackertimes.com/item?id=38484598
But "just" slapping all these layers on each other (configuring each individually and then hoping for the best) doesn't seem like the best idea for production systems either.
I guess back in the Sun/Solaris days, people still had the luxury of releasing (major) features in major versions, every few years instead of weeks or months... and as far as storage, backup, security solutions go - can't really do this right with the move fast & break things culture...