[Discuss] ZFS on Raspberry Pi?

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

> markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
>> I agree with 100% The cloud is just someone else's computer. I was
>> referring to local machines and the use of VMs.
>
> Oh, well, sometimes that's a nice encapsulation mechanism and
> sometimes it's too much bother for what you're doing.
>
> It's really easy for me to host several friends' websites by
> just putting new stanzas in /etc/nginx/sites_enabled. No point
> in separate VMs.
>
> -dsr-
>

Seriously, if you you have a computer that 10 years old or younger, a
respectable amount of RAM, at least try VMs. It will change the whole way
you think about servers, services, etc. It is life altering. I was
skeptical, at first, but I've had years to get used to it, it really is
amazing.

I've really changed my mindset. I can't imagine exposing an IP that
*ISN'T* a VM. I can't imaging developing a non-trivial software project
without a well defined VM.