Re: ZFS status

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:40:03 +0000
David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 at 10:45, Sad Clouds
> <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, anyone knows the current status of ZFS for recently released
> > NetBSD-9? There is a message on the console - "WARNING: ZFS on
> > NetBSD is under development". OK, but what does this mean? There is
> > a good chance it may lose/corrupt data, or it's pretty stable but
> > watch out for minor issues?
> 
> I would say the latter - I'm using it on a couple of boxes and they
> have had the usual selection of test cases - apps filling up file
> systems, switching between zfs and legacy mount and back, the box
> being rebooted with the disks on different ports, disks moved between
> boxes, and at least one case with a disk from a set missing then added
> back on next reboot. Not lost any data yet (though see note below on
> disklabel partitions)

OK thanks, this is good news.