Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > I'm quite new to ZFS. It is so very easy to create new filesystems > using "zfs create zpool/fs" that sometimes I doubt what to do: create a > directory (like on ufs) or do a zfs create.. > > Can somebody give some advise on -when- to use a "normal" directory > and -when- it is better to create a "zpool/fssysstem"
My guess is this - A filesystem gives you resource management, snapshots and statistics (fsstat). A filesystem per project could be useful for archiving, version control, etc. With resource management comes responsibility, which means you have to make *decisions*. You have to decide if you want to dedicate resources or want to implement a separate snapshot policy. If you expect to need lots of directories, it's probably easier to keep them that way, unless you don't fear the forest for the trees... Hmmm, lousy metaphor. Cheers, Henk _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
