On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Mark A. Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's more than a handy feature. You either have to write down all > the ZFS configuration you do, or keep a separate log of it in order > to restore a backed up ZFS system to a bare metal replacement today. > > With this RFE, you could replay the configuration, restore from tape > and be back up pretty quickly with the same setup you had.
Mark, you don't need to convince me - I am absolutely in favor of this feature. However, I have a friendly comment on that "quick" part: don't you think that it takes significantly more time to load your valuable data from tapes back to disks, than zpool creation, whether manual or automated ? -- Regards, Cyril _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
