> 1. Can I create ZFS volumes on a ZFS file system from one server, > attach the file system read-write to a different server (to load data), > then detach the file system from that server and attach the file system > read-only to multiple other servers?
I don't think so today. There's no way to read-only import a pool. While imported, the server is going to want to be writing metadata, and the two hosts would clobber each other. I've talked to Symantec engineers about similar read-only imports of VxVM disk groups (for other reasons). No one thought there were insurmountable problems, but they weren't exactly trivial either. I don't know what ZFS might require for it. > 2. Can I expand on the fly a ZFS volume within a file system when the > file system it's attached to a server read-write? You mean like enlarge a LUN while ZFS is using that lun in a pool? I think the tricky part is getting the OS to recognize the increased space. I'm not sure when ZFS would notice the size increase after that occurred. -- Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/ Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
