> Robert Milkowski wrote: >> Hello Ivan, >> Sunday, March 11, 2007, 12:01:28 PM, you wrote: >> >> IW> Got it, thanks, and a more general question, in a single disk >> IW> root pool scenario, what advantage zfs will provide over ufs w/ >> IW> logging? And when zfs boot integrated in neveda, will live upgrade >> work with zfs root? >> >> Snapshots/clones + live upgrade or standard patching. >> Additionally no more hassle with separate /opt /var ... >> >> Potentially also compression turned on on /var > > - just to add to Robert's list, here's other advantages ZFS on root > has over UFS, even on a single disk: > > * knowing when your data starts getting corrupted > (if your disk starts failing, and what data is being lost) > * ditto blocks to take care of filesystem metadata consistency > * performance improvements over UFS > * ability to add disks to mirror the root filesystem at any time, > should they become available > * ability to use free space on the root pool, making it > available for other uses (by setting a reservation on the root > filesystem, you can ensure that / always has sufficient available > space) > > - am I missing any others ? >
* ability to show off to your geeky friends who will all say "neato!" Dennis _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
