@stefano Interesting to read, I have zero knowledge...

@stefano Interesting to read, I have zero knowledge about #freebsd but it was interesting to read about the tooling used in that ecosytem for the described task. I wonder what would be the difference if you would've come up with a similar solution based on #linux.

Like 4 July at 7:33 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org

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Stefano Marinelli

@samurro I'd use lxc/lxd containers - or just plain docker/podman.

4 July at 7:40 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe

samurro

@stefano cool thank you for your answer, I am aware about docker/podman but just briefly googled LXC. In my current job we barely use any containerization. We just use KVM capabilites. The interesting thing on #freebsd is the ability to use #ZFS instead of relying on older filesystems in the #linux ecosystem. This has big implications for #backup strategy et cetera.

4 July at 8:02 | Open on fosstodon.org

linus

@samurro @stefano I've used LXD (now forked to Incus) a bit, and you can use ZFS-backed storage pools on Linux with it. I love it, so if you have any questions I'd be happy to help.

4 July at 9:29 | Open on telegrafverket.cc

ahoyboyhoy

@samurro @stefano I could be wrong, but ZFS support is no longer a unique feature of BSD. OpenZFS is now a shared codebase and many Linux distros package it. Paired with #zfsbootmenu, it's a fantastic experience. I run zbm (root on zfs) with both a laptop and desktop. I also run a raidz pool on the desktop that replicates to an offsite pool attached to a raspberry pi. Aside from the USB enclosures I've connected to the pi, it's been very stable for years.

4 July at 12:09 | Open on fosstodon.org

Stefano Marinelli

@ahoyboyhoy @samurro yes, ZFS is working on Linux, too.
On FreeBSD it's a first class citizen and has been for many years. This means that all the system tools are aware of it and that it's (more) tightly integrated into the OS

4 July at 12:11 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe