Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: zfs clones

2006-09-18 Thread Mike Gerdts
On 9/1/06, Matthew Ahrens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlanne DeLaSource wrote: Thanks for all your answers. The initial idea was to make a dataset/snapshot and clone (fast) and then separate the clone from its snapshot. The clone could be then used as a new independant dataset. The

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: zfs clones

2006-09-18 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Mike Gerdts wrote: A couple scenarios from environments that I work in, using legacy file systems and volume managers: 1) Various test copies need to be on different spindles to remove any perceived or real performance impact imposed by one or the other. Arguably by having the IO activity

[zfs-discuss] Re: zfs clones

2006-09-01 Thread Marlanne DeLaSource
Thanks for all your answers. The initial idea was to make a dataset/snapshot and clone (fast) and then separate the clone from its snapshot. The clone could be then used as a new independant dataset. The send/receive subcommands are probably the only way to duplicate a dataset. This