> > From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org > [mailto:zfs-discuss- > > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Arne Jansen > > > > Don't host 50k filesystems on a single pool. It's > more pain than it's > > worth. > > I assume Michael has reached this conclusion due to > factors which are not > necessary to discuss here. He has a problem, asked > for help. The above is > not helpful.
Actually it is a helpful advice. Arne talked about a single pool i.e. zpool, not a single system. It's a known fact that many ZFS filesystems in one pool is bad for boot time. Have a look here: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide > Michael, I assume you reached this conclusion (must > host 50k users on a > single system) due to some logical process and/or > resource constraint, > right? > > Did you consider the possibility of something like > DFS, and/or shadow > copies, which are included in Windows Server, and > allow for "snapshots" and > load distribution across multiple servers, using the > same UNC space? > \\domainname\users\eharvey could be hosted by any > number of servers, and I > as a user, would have no idea and no care which > one(s) were serving the > requests. > > The problem with "previous versions" is that it's > only available to windows > clients. If you happen to be using OSX or Ubuntu or > whatever, as your cifs > client, you won't have access to previous versions > (AFAIK). > > So solaris & zfs certainly have a place here. In > some environments, windows > might be the better server solution. In some > environments, osol might be > better. And by logical process, you might be stuck > putting it all on a > single server. Or the average workload might be > small enough that a single > server is perfectly adequate. > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ss > -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
