Oracle adds data integrity to Linux - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 4th Dec 2008, 09:07

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...ity-to-linux/1

Database specialist Oracle has teamed up with storage specialist Emulex to donate open-source code for detection of "silent data corruption" to Linux.

TomH · 4th Dec 2008, 11:13

I'm not entirely sure how it's meant to be submitted to the 2.6.27 kernel, when it's already been released. Ubuntu 8.10 uses it, for one.

2.6.28 is at rc7, so it'd be a bit late for it to be included. Unless they mean that it's available to be patched in to anything >2.6.27.. Looking at the current kernel development, if you wanted it shipped with a release, it'd probably be 2.6.29 at the absolute earliest.

bowman · 4th Dec 2008, 11:47

So it doesn't auto-repair if you have redundancy via mirrors or RAID5/6, like ZFS?

ZFS is so much better than these cobbled Linux file systems.. Don't get me wrong, I love Linux, but for storage it sucks! ZFS is the real deal.

C-Sniper · 4th Dec 2008, 17:36

Seems like it would make more sense to put it in the 2.6.28-rc series or just wait for 2.6.28. 2.6.27 is almost about to roll over.

DXR_13KE · 4th Dec 2008, 22:49

the cool thing is that Oracle can use the collective knowledge of the open source community to improve their software.

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bowman Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 249	So it doesn't auto-repair if you have redundancy via mirrors or RAID5/6, like ZFS? ZFS is so much better than these cobbled Linux file systems.. Don't get me wrong, I love Linux, but for storage it sucks! ZFS is the real deal.