Reliable Firewire drives

[John C. Welch]

On 01/10/2008 19:21 PM, "Dan Shoop" <shoop at iwiring.net> wrote:

>>>>> It is if you store your  time machine files on it. ;)
>>>> 
>>>> Speaking of which, has anybody tried Time Machine + ZFS? I've been
>>>> meaning
>>>> to check the combination, but haven't gotten around to it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What would be the point? ZFS makes Time Machine look primitive.
>> 
>> At the FS level, yes. At the UI and integration level, no.
> 
> 
>  From a UI standpoint you just access the appropriate directory path,
> very similar to your droids^H Time Machine.

Actually, thinking about it more, comparing Time Machine to ZFS is like
comparing a house to the ground it sits on. As long as the ground is good
for the house, who cares? Time Machine will work as well with ZFS as HFSX as
with any FS that supports the things it needs.

What TM offers that *any* fs doesn't is ease of use and a good UI and Layer
8 integration so the users can easily back up data. Neither the User nor the
Application should give a rat's patootie about the FS underneath as long as
it works, which is as it should be.

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