Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-27 Thread Bryan Cantrill
e, would convey. Why would we do this? I'm all for zero-cost endeavors, but this isn't zero-cost -- and I'm having a hard time seeing the business case here, especially when we have so many paying customers for whom the business case for our time and energy is crystal clear...

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-27 Thread Bryan Cantrill
I don't see that argument at all; I think that the economics that you're advocating would be more than undermined by the necessarily higher costs of validating and supporting a broader range of hardware and firmware... - Bryan -

Re: [zfs-discuss] Split responsibility for data with ZFS

2008-12-13 Thread Bryan Cantrill
t for the kludge that it is); if you bought a PAM and think that it's somehow a replacement for the ZFS hybrid storage pool (which has an order of magnitude more cache), then I'm sure NetApp loves you: you must be the dumbest, richest customer that ever fell in their lap! - Bryan

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-11 Thread Bryan Cantrill
; (or is that "ask again later"?) -- but it's certainly not something that we have concrete plans for at the moment... - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Sun Microsystems Fi

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-11 Thread Bryan Cantrill
it won't be free. If you are willing/prepared(/eager?) to abide by these constraints, please let us ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) know -- that will help us build the business case for doing this... - Bryan -- Bryan Cantr

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS & array NVRAM cache?

2007-09-26 Thread Bryan Cantrill
able to absorb without sacrificing latency?) For the time being, the easiest way to answer this question is to try some sizes (with 1-2 GB being a good starting point), throw some workloads at it, and monitor both your delivered performance and the utilization reported by tools like iostat...

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS & array NVRAM cache?

2007-09-25 Thread Bryan Cantrill
the array dedicated to it, and then use that device as a separate log device. Works like a champ... - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to take advantage of PSARC 2007/171: ZFS Separate Intent Log

2007-07-03 Thread Bryan Cantrill
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 01:10:25PM -0500, Albert Chin wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:02:24AM -0700, Bryan Cantrill wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 10:26:20AM -0500, Albert Chin wrote: > > > PSARC 2007/171 will be available in b68. Any documentation anywhere on > >

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to take advantage of PSARC 2007/171: ZFS Separate Intent Log

2007-07-03 Thread Bryan Cantrill
t least at the moment... - Bryan ------ Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS for Linux (NO LISCENCE talk, please)

2007-04-18 Thread Bryan Cantrill
ance at ZFS, DTrace and a host of other innovations born outside of Linux... - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-24 Thread Bryan Cantrill
hat's part of what made this union so uncanny: despite being developed separately, each very much needed the other... - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-24 Thread Bryan Cantrill
- Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/l

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-24 Thread Bryan Cantrill
e. (And lest anyone attack the messenger: I'm not defending this system of getting an accurate price, I'm just describing it.) - Bryan ------ Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel De

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-24 Thread Bryan Cantrill
in Commander-in-Chief, "one that gives a thumpin'"). - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss maili

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-24 Thread Bryan Cantrill
!). Fortunately the name "Thumper" stuck... - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-23 Thread Bryan Cantrill
d I feel lucky to have shared in it. - Bryan ------ Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Apple Time Machine

2006-08-07 Thread Bryan Cantrill
shock): mentions by executives in keynotes don't always accurately represent a technology. DynFS, anyone? ;) - Bryan -- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.

2006-05-02 Thread Bryan Cantrill
itly out of the hope of getting a DTrace T-shirt. Yes, we know -- we're pathetic. - Bryan ------ Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc (*) http://blogs.