Archive for the ‘file-systems’ tag.
Pune’s KQInfoTech announces beta availability of ZFS file-system for Linux
About an year ago, we had reported that Pune based KQInfoTech is working on porting Sun’s ZFS file system to linux. They have now announced that a “Technology Preview” of the port is now complete, and the ported ZFS for Linux is now available in beta. They are looking for interested folks to try out [...]
Pune’s KQInfoTech is porting Sun’s ZFS File-System to Linux
Pune-based KQInfoTech is working on porting Sun‘s ZFS file-system to the Linux Platform. ZFS is arguably one of the best file-systems available today, and Linux is one of the most widely used operating systems for servers by new startups. So, having ZFS available on Linux would be great. And, With many years of experience in [...]
Seminar: Introduction to ZFS (Sun/Solaris filesystem) and its features – 7 May
Image via Wikipedia What: Introduction to ZFS and its features When: 6pm 7th May 2009 Where: Auditorium, Building C, Pune IT Park, Bhau Patil Road, Aundh Road Fees and Registration: This event is free for all. Please register here if you plan to attend this talk. The engineers at Sun and members of the open [...]
Should you use a file-system or a database
Whether to use a file-system or a database to store the data of your application has been a contentious issue since the 80s. It was something we worried about even when I was doing my Ph.D. in Databases in the 90s. Now Jaspreet Singh, of Pune-based startup Druvaa has weighed in on this issue on [...]