Yet another reason it was removed. This proposal specifically does not use the word 'container', nor will the documentation refer to it as such. I was merely providing background (possibly too much) for why this option was originally implemented and then removed.
- Eric On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:32:40PM -0400, Jeff Victor wrote: > Hi Eric, > > > Eric Schrock wrote: > >... > > > >Second, it forced the CLI to distinguish between a container and a > >filesystem. At first this was accomplished with a trailing slash on the > >name, and later introducing the 'ctr' type. Both were confusing to > >users for different reasons. > > Speaking of confusing names, let's not overload the word "container." > Solaris already has something called Containers to achieve application > isolation. A Container is a group of processes. > > Adding "container: a group of storage entities" would create unnecessary > confusion, e.g. "Now create a container" "<typing>zoncfg -z..." "No, the > *other* kind of container." > > Thesaurus.com suggests over 50 synonyms for the word 'container.' > Hopefully one of them will be appropriate for ZFS. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff VICTOR Sun Microsystems jeff.victor @ sun.com > OS Ambassador Sr. Technical Specialist > Solaris 10 Zones FAQ: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zones/faq > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Eric Schrock, Solaris Kernel Development http://blogs.sun.com/eschrock _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
