By default it consumes 30% of RAM as cache (ARC). And, we have btrfs now, which is a huge contender “CoW” filesystem for desktop.
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perestroika@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I’ve been hearing about ZFS and its beneficial features for years now, but mainstream Linux installers don’t seem to support it.
Out of curiosity - can anyone tell, what might be blocking them?
anzo@programming.dev 1 month ago
lemmyng@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Apart from the license incompatibility (which doesn’t stop it from being used by distros, as Ubuntu has shown): While it’s a fantastic filesystem for servers, it is also resource hungry and not suitable for small or portable systems.