Re: [zfs-discuss] Feature proposal: differential pools

2006-07-27 Thread Henk Langeveld
Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since ZFS is COW, can I have a read-only pool (on a central file server, or on a DVD, etc) with a separate block-differential pool on my local hard disk to store writes? This way, the pool in use can be read-write, even if the main pool itself is read-only, with

Re: [zfs-discuss] Feature proposal: differential pools

2006-07-27 Thread Matthew Ahrens
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 11:02:14PM -0700, Andrew wrote: > Since ZFS is COW, can I have a read-only pool (on a central file > server, or on a DVD, etc) with a separate block-differential pool on > my local hard disk to store writes? > > This way, the pool in use can be read-write, even if the main p

[zfs-discuss] Feature proposal: differential pools

2006-07-25 Thread Andrew
Since ZFS is COW, can I have a read-only pool (on a central file server, or on a DVD, etc) with a separate block-differential pool on my local hard disk to store writes? This way, the pool in use can be read-write, even if the main pool itself is read-only, without having to make a full local co