Re: [zfs-discuss] "zoneadm clone" doesn't support ZFS snapshots in

2007-09-23 Thread Richard Elling
Mike Gerdts wrote: > > Oh, wait! What if the NAS device runs out of space while I'm > patching? Better rule out the thin provisioning capabilities of the > HDS storage that Sun sells as well. > That failure mode exists anyway. There is no real way to reserve space prior to patching. Some mig

[zfs-discuss] Multi-level ZFS in a SAN

2007-09-23 Thread James L Baker
I'm a small-time sysadmin with big storage aspirations (I'll be honest - for a planned MythTV back-end, and *ahem*, other storage), and I've recently discovered ZFS. I'm thinking about putting together a homebrew SAN with a NAS head, and am wondering if the following will work (hoping the formattin

Re: [zfs-discuss] Multi-level ZFS in a SAN

2007-09-23 Thread Mattias Pantzare
2007/9/23, James L Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm a small-time sysadmin with big storage aspirations (I'll be honest > - for a planned MythTV back-end, and *ahem*, other storage), and I've > recently discovered ZFS. I'm thinking about putting together a > homebrew SAN with a NAS head, and am wond

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and encryption

2007-09-23 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Darren, Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 9:47:38 AM, you wrote: DJM> Robert Milkowski wrote: >> Hello zfs-discuss, >> >> I wonder if ZFS will be able to take any advantage of Niagara's >> built-in crypto? DJM> Yes it will, and without any special code being added either. The DJM> cryp