>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Robert Milkowski wrote: >>> >>>> But only if compression is turned on for a filesystem. >>> Of course, and the default is off. >>> >>>> However I think it would be good to have an API so application can >>>> decide what to compress and what not. >>> I agree that an API would be good. However I don't think using the API >>> should allow an application to write compressed data if the file system >>> has that functionality turned off. Its a policy thing if the admin has >>> compression off it is off for a reason. Or maybe what we need is another >>> property value for compression that allows the app to request it but by >>> default we don't do it. >> >> *Only* if we fail to come up with a mechanism to do this properly, >> efficiently automagically. > >Which bit did you mean ? The API itself or the policy part ?
The API (and therefor also the policy). If we can make it work without, then that is much better. Casper _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
