ZFS on linux. I love ZFS, I do. There's no argument there.
But currently in runs in userspace on Linux, and performance is terrible. Copying from one non-ZFS disk to a new single-disk ZFS volume hit 50MB/sec, which isn't bad, but which soaked up 60% CPU on a 2.0GHz dual-core Core 2 Celeron.
Unfortunately LVM and MD don't do what I want, so I think ZFS is still the direction I'm going to go. Hopefully performance will improve in future releases. Or they'll find a way to get ZFS in the kernel.
I could install OpenSolaris, but my Solaris admin skills are beyond rusty. Between that and shitty driver support, OpenSolaris makes it pretty much a no-go.
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Have you tried Belenix ? We support a wide variety of drivers and have an extremely fast boot up speed on the LiveCD.
The admin skills that you need on an opensolaris environment are not very much different from what you need on a Linux box. I've been running Belenix full time since December 2008, and have not reconsidered at all :)
I'll have a look at the LiveCD. Believe me, I've certainly kept the various Open Solaris distros in mind.
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