... to the Linux community. And according to a TechRepublic article, one of our contributions will go mainstream in 2009.
Btrfs delivers features missing from Linux today, such as enhanced scalability and simplified management for large storage configurations, and flexible snapshotting and fast incremental backups of the data and metadata in the file system. Btrfs also maintains multiple copies of crucial file system structures.
TechRepublic:
This is big news for Linux because it will finally have the tools to overcome the biggest hurdle for enterprise adoption.
This better file system (at least, that's how I read it) has just made it into the release candidate of the 2.6.29 kernel. So it's well on the way to make it into the final release.
Unlike many other areas where Oracle has contributor to what others have started, btrfs has been initiated by Oracle and is something we're proud of as a contribution to the open source community.
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