Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send to older version

2012-10-23 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Karl Wagner > > The only thing I think Oracle should have done differently is to allow > either a downgrade or creating a send stream in a lower version > (reformatting the data where necessary

Re: [zfs-discuss] Segfault running "zfs create -o readonly=off tank/test" on Solaris 11 Express 11/11

2012-10-23 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Andreas, Which release is this... Can you provide the /etc/release info? It works fine for me on a S11 Express (b162) system: # zfs create -o readonly=off pond/amy # zfs get readonly pond/amy NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE pond/amy readonly off local This is somewhat redundant sy

[zfs-discuss] Segfault running "zfs create -o readonly=off tank/test" on Solaris 11 Express 11/11

2012-10-23 Thread Andreas Erz
Hi, I have tried running zfs create -o readonly=off tank/test on two different Solaris 11 Express 11/11 (x86) machines resulting in segfaults. Can anybody verify this behavior? Or is this some idiosyncrasy of my configuration? Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Andreas ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send to older version

2012-10-23 Thread Karl Wagner
Actually, I think there is a world of difference. Backwards compatibility is something we all need. We need to be able to access content created in previous versions of software in newer versions. You cannot expect an older version to be compatible with the new features in a later version. T

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send to older version

2012-10-23 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
> From: Richard Elling [mailto:richard.ell...@gmail.com] > > At some point, people will bitterly regret some "zpool upgrade" with no way > back. > > uhm... and how is that different than anything else in the software world? > > No attempt at backward compatibility, and no downgrade path, not eve

Re: [zfs-discuss] What is L2ARC write pattern?

2012-10-23 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Jim Klimov > >One idea I have is that a laptop which only has a single HDD slot, > often has SD/MMC cardreader slots. If populated with a card for L2ARC, > can it be expected to boost the l