ZFS in OS X 10.5 - Implementation in RunRev?

[GIRARD Damien]

Hi Luis,

I played a bit with the ZFS file system under Sun Solaris and OpenSolaris.
ZFS is a really great file system for administrator, it permit to 
add/remove easily disk, add a partition, resizing, and ZFS have
a great data integrity.

But for a Runrev developper, this will change nothing. ZFS is fully 
compatible with old software and with Runrev. (Ok, I have never tested 
runrev under
solaris because there is no Solaris x86 version of runrev now.). But Sun 
haven't rewrote Solaris just for ZFS. ZFS is a Posix filesystem, like UFS.

Removable drive are managed like before (under solaris). A mountpoint 
will be maked for a removable media.

Damien

Luis a écrit :
> Hiya,
>
> What with the recent need for snow-shoes when trundling around Vista's 
> new security model, does anyone have a clue as to how the ZFS in OS X 
> 10.5 (as it appears that it will be released for 10.5) is going to be 
> dealt with in RunRev?
>
> For info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zfs
>
> My main concern is the use of the drive pool, where effectively any 
> additional drive becomes (as either additional space or RAID 
> configuration) an 'extension' of the current drive. Not too sure how 
> removable media is to be dealt with (USB sticks and such).
> Will the default RunRev file handling (as it is now) accommodate the 
> new file system? I'm concerned with possible mishaps with default 
> folder paths.
> Or do I elastic-band some ice cubes to my bare feet and go for a long 
> slow walk?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luis.