Check out: http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_...
http://dtrace.org/blogs/ahl/20...

ZoL is very active and very up-to-date. All the versions and compatibility is in sync with Illumos (the main source of OpenZFS) and FreeBSD. You can create and move zpools between these 3 platforms seamlessly.

2 of the main founders and creators of ZFS itself (who used to work for Oracle and wrote ZFS) who now work for Delphix and continue to improve OpenZFS (started with the last open release of Oracle ZFS) in Illumos and have actually made it better than the now closed Oracle ZFS.

See how OpenZFS is actually better than Oracle ZFS now:
http://dtrace.org/blogs/ahl/20...

Actively adding new features: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/... (Largeblock support to match the newer Oracle ZFS)

Etc...

Maybe if we pray to the ZFS gods Matthew will start implementing block pointer rewrite some day!

Anyways, OpenZFS is very active and kicking, and that includes the Linux port.

I never claimed that it's cheap, but this is usually what people with several TB of storage at home are doing.

$2.50 is cheaper than having to buy another disk if something happens to it.

It's for the convenience of it. If I have a movie library of hundreds of movies. I can find one in an instant and play it on the big screen on my HTPC. I can be at a friends house or a relatives house and pull out my phone and stream it from my server at home and connect it to their TV with HDMI. I can give out a login to friends and family and they can enjoy streaming the movies too.

Then of course there is the piracy option too. $2.50 to store a BluRay is far cheaper than buying one haha.

It's about selection... How am I supposed to predict my mood and know what songs I want to hear in the future and only keep those?

That would be an option IF Netflix had half the movies I want to watch (which it doesn't). Their library is pathetic and their streaming quality (both video and especially audio) is also poor compared to BluRay.

The 2000s called, they want their DVDs back...

It's all about BluRays now and soon 4K video. BluRays are about 30GB-50GB per movie (especially if you want the bonus features for a complete ISO) and 4K will be at least double that too.

And before you suggest it. No I do not want to compress my video. I got the BluRay in the first place because I want the quality. I watch my content on a 136" projector screen and I can tell when it's been compressed.

I have a 20TB array at home and have a separate set of disks I use as an offline offsite backup.

4K movies will be out shortly. We will be looking at 50-100GB per movie. Some people want to backup their disks and have them accessible for their HTPC because its significantly more convenient.

And before you suggest, no I do not want to compress my movies to a lesser quality... That's why I got the BluRay in the first place. Because I want high quality. I watch them on a 136" projection screen. I can tell when it's been compressed...

So what super duper awesome filesystem do you use now that can never have a bug where you lose your data? Or what do you do about theft? fire? PSU taking out your disks?

You need a backup of any data you intend to keep whether you use ZFS or any other data storage system anyways.

Havent heard of mhddfs, thanks. There is also AUFS too.

Why not just output a directory listing to a text file every day to keep track of the files you have?

You can even text diff them and its easy to see what changed.

I have 13.4TB on my CrashPlan account and counting... I've had more than 10TB with them for over a year now. I have a friend with over 20TB with them too. Yes it really is unlimited.

I use the element hider extension a lot to manually hide the advertisement divs on the websites that I visit.

So website designers are going to have to randomize the div IDs or something so that next time I revisit the page the advertisement elements aren't hidden anymore.

I got a receiver with Audyssey Dynamic Volume years ago and haven't had a problem. It normalizes the volume automatically and works very well.

Not that I have seen. It maxes my 5Mbit upload and my downloads are 15-20Mbit.

Well, BackBlaze is another similar backup company who is far more public about their costs and operations. I think they have said their customer break-even point is around 3-4TB. So if most customers have far less than that, then a few can have far more and it all works out.

http://www.wired.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/backblaze-cost.png

Not all cloud storage is expensive. It's only $4 a month for unlimited backups to CrashPlan.

They also do checksums and versioning and can be set to never remove deleted files from the backup.

I have 12.8TB backed up to them and it's been working great.

Other than that, ZFS can't be beat. I use that as well.

Because perhaps for some people it doesn't cost more.

I know for me on AT&T I would have to pay $350 to get a Nexus 5, or I can pay $200 to get an iPhone 5s. The plan is the same $50/mo I pay either way.