ZFS: Difference between revisions

imported>Grahamc
Don't be so certain that no user will want to snapshot the Nix store.
imported>Mic92
upstream also now has restored fpu support
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[[NixOS]] has native support for ZFS ([[wikipedia:ZFS]]). It uses the code from the [http://zfsonlinux.org/ ZFS on Linux project], including kernel modules and userspace utilities. The installation CD also comes with zfs.
[[NixOS]] has native support for ZFS ([[wikipedia:ZFS]]). It uses the code from the [http://zfsonlinux.org/ ZFS on Linux project], including kernel modules and userspace utilities. The installation CD also comes with zfs.
[[NixOS]] is the fastest Linux distribution for ZFS as its linux kernel comes with [https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NixOS-Linux-5.0-ZFS-FPU-Drop patches] that
allows ZFS to use CPU extensions when computing checksums or when doing encryption/decryption.


== What works ==
== What works ==