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Apple Looking at ZFS For Mac OS X

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-the-shadow-knows dept.

Udo Schmitz writes "Apples Filesystem Development Manager, Chris Emura, is looking into porting Sun Microsystems' file system ZFS to OS X. At least this is what Sun's Eric Kustarz states on the ZFS mailing list. Is this a glimpse of hope for all those of us who think HFS+ isn't up to par for a 21st century OS? Next thing you know and they'll rewrite the Finder ..."

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  1. HFS+ vs. UFS vs. ZFS by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Doesn't OS X already have UFS? ZFS is nicely buzzword compliant, but Mac users can migrate to a standard Unix filesystem today if they want to.

    However, I've never bothered to research it and this seems like an appropriate place to discuss it: what's keeping people on HFS+? Is it the case-sensitive thing, and if so, wouldn't that be an issue with switch to ZFS, too?

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?