04-16-2007, 06:26 PM
Back on the ZFS note, I found one thing I don't like:
No more volumes
Every time you add a disk to your Mac you see another disk icon on the desktop. If you want to RAID some disks you use Disk Utility (or something) to create the volume. Slow, error-prone, confusing.
ZFS eliminates the whole volume concept. Add a disk or five to your system and it joins your storage pool. More capacity. Not more management.
I like having different volumes. I put the system on one, files on another... that should work faster than striping the system and the files across two drives. Not only that, but what about taking precautions against drive failure? I like to put files on one drive, then copy to another drive each night. If I can no longer do that, wont I lose data when a drive fails?
No more volumes
Every time you add a disk to your Mac you see another disk icon on the desktop. If you want to RAID some disks you use Disk Utility (or something) to create the volume. Slow, error-prone, confusing.
ZFS eliminates the whole volume concept. Add a disk or five to your system and it joins your storage pool. More capacity. Not more management.
I like having different volumes. I put the system on one, files on another... that should work faster than striping the system and the files across two drives. Not only that, but what about taking precautions against drive failure? I like to put files on one drive, then copy to another drive each night. If I can no longer do that, wont I lose data when a drive fails?