ZFS to become default file system in OS X?

[Shawn Erickson]

On 6/6/07, Kevin Callahan <kcall at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Chad Leigh wrote:
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> >
> > On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Matt Penna wrote:
> >
> >> There's been speculation on this for some time, but according to a
> >> Sun keynote presentation, ZFS will "become the file system in Mac
> >> OS X" and this will be announced at WWDC. I assume this means it
> >> will be the default, since it was already known that it was to be
> >> included.
> >>
> >> http://www.sun.com/jsp_utils/rvideo.jsp?
> >> video=74cd4547-01df-440b-823d-48878ae34c73
> >>
> >> He mentions Mac OS X at around 27 minutes in. Real Player
> >> required, unfortunately.
> >>
> >> More on ZFS for those who are unfamiliar with it: http://
> >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettabyte_File_System
> >>
> >> Seems like very positive news!
> >
> >
> > This would assume they have a bootable version of ZFS running
> > (which they could have), something Sun does not even ship yet.
> >
> > I am excited. I run a ZFS file server on Solaris right now
> >
> > Chad
>
> what might be some of the benefits a home network will see ?

One of the most obvious and immediate benefits is that ZFS supports
Time Machine much more robustly and efficiently then HFS+ can.

With that said I not sure Apple would make it the default so quickly
but it is possible...

-Shawn