HP donates AdvFS code to Linux - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 24th Jun 2008, 09:46

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06...ode-to-linux/1

HP has announced the donation of its Advanced File System to the open source community under the GNU General Public License, making it suitable for inclusion into Linux.

Woodstock · 24th Jun 2008, 10:43

while i am perfectly happy with ext3, it does bring a smile to my face that HP have donated code, i certainly hope that they release more

Icy EyeG · 24th Jun 2008, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Bit-Tech

"It's old. Make it better for free."

IMAO, that's always the problem with code donations.... However, I also see it with good eyes.

DXR_13KE · 24th Jun 2008, 11:44

ReiserFS is still being modified by the community....

Glider · 24th Jun 2008, 11:46

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Originally Posted by article

"It's old. Make it better for free."

It's mature but not to the end of it's life. FS doesn't need to be bleeding edge, it needs to be stable

NINJA EDIT:

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

ReiserFS is still being modified by the community....

But reiser4 isn't accepted in the main Linux kernel tree (for various reasons), so you'll always have to patch your kernel sources to use it

Gareth Halfacree · 24th Jun 2008, 12:00

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Originally Posted by Glider

It's mature but not to the end of it's life. FS doesn't need to be bleeding edge, it needs to be stable

Which I make clear in the article, with reference to all the wonderful features of AdvFS.

Also, there are 10 types of people in this world: those who know binary, those who don't, and those familiar with Gray Code.

Glider · 24th Jun 2008, 12:11

Yes you did... Filesystems are one of the few things that don't have to update frequently.

TomH · 24th Jun 2008, 12:33

I'm very glad to see this; there are a lot of features here that stand-out, much in the same way that ZFS does. ZFS still seems to have the all-singing, all-dancing feature list, but AdvFS has a few huge plus points; it's license-compatible with the Linux kernel and it's insanely stable. Which of course means you can use it on Linux without having to resort to FUSE, and also that we'll finally get something a little more advanced than your bog-standard journaled file system.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is HP's reaction to ZFS: if Linux users start climbing over themselves to use OpenSolaris for their storage servers, then they'll start hemorrhaging Linux customers. If they send this out into the world of FOSS, at a time when everyone's minds are on ZFS' awesome feature set; they could wind-up with a serious, GPL'd contender.

Woodstock · 25th Jun 2008, 09:37

just out of curiosity is there any timeframe on ext4

Glider · 25th Jun 2008, 09:54

It's already (dev) in the kernel tree, so you already can use it. I tried it and it was quite good, but I'll never use it outside a testing machine.

Development of ext4 seems to have stopped working on it, and even their mailing lists don't give an answer on a stable release time :s

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ex.../msg02921.html

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TomH Bwahahahahaha Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Salford Posts: 607	I'm very glad to see this; there are a lot of features here that stand-out, much in the same way that ZFS does. ZFS still seems to have the all-singing, all-dancing feature list, but AdvFS has a few huge plus points; it's license-compatible with the Linux kernel and it's insanely stable. Which of course means you can use it on Linux without having to resort to FUSE, and also that we'll finally get something a little more advanced than your bog-standard journaled file system. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is HP's reaction to ZFS: if Linux users start climbing over themselves to use OpenSolaris for their storage servers, then they'll start hemorrhaging Linux customers. If they send this out into the world of FOSS, at a time when everyone's minds are on ZFS' awesome feature set; they could wind-up with a serious, GPL'd contender. __________________ Blog: full of inspirational geekism. Maybe. StaffsLUG: Linux users group, Staffordshire.

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Woodstock So Say We All Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,657	just out of curiosity is there any timeframe on ext4 __________________ Hell hath no fury like a hippo with a machine gun.

25th Jun 2008, 09:54	#10
Glider /dev/null Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 4,102	It's already (dev) in the kernel tree, so you already can use it. I tried it and it was quite good, but I'll never use it outside a testing machine. Development of ext4 seems to have stopped working on it, and even their mailing lists don't give an answer on a stable release time :s http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ex.../msg02921.html __________________ There Are 10 Types Of People, Those Who Know Binary and Those Who Don't