[$] Stratis: Easy local storage management for Linux

Stratis is a new localstorage-management solution for Linux. It can be compared to ZFS, Btrfs, or LVM. Its focus is on simplicity of concepts and ease of use,while giving users access to advanced storage features. Internally,Stratis's implementation favors tight integration of existing components instead of the fully-integrated, in-kernel approach that ZFS andBtrfs use. This has benefits and drawbacks for Stratis, but also greatlydecreases the overall time needed to develop a useful and stable initialversion, which can then be a base for further improvement in laterversions. Subscribers can read on for an introduction to Stratis, by guestauthor (and Stratis team lead at Red Hat) Andy Grover.