[zfs-discuss] ZFS via Virtualized Solaris?

2008-01-07 Thread Eric L. Frederich
From what I read, one of the main things about ZFS is Don't trust the underlying hardware. If this is the case, could I run Solaris under VirtualBox or under some other emulated environment and still get the benefits of ZFS such as end to end data integrity? The reason I ask is that the only

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS via Virtualized Solaris?

2008-01-07 Thread ian
Eric L. Frederich writes: From what I read, one of the main things about ZFS is Don't trust the underlying hardware. If this is the case, could I run Solaris under VirtualBox or under some other emulated environment and still get the benefits of ZFS such as end to end data integrity? You

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS via Virtualized Solaris?

2008-01-07 Thread Peter Schuller
From what I read, one of the main things about ZFS is Don't trust the underlying hardware. If this is the case, could I run Solaris under VirtualBox or under some other emulated environment and still get the benefits of ZFS such as end to end data integrity? You could probably answer

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS via Virtualized Solaris?

2008-01-07 Thread Peter Dunlap
You could probably run MythTV in a linux domU within a Solaris system (basically your same idea but virtualize the Linux instead of the Solaris). The only hangup would be your TV tuner card(s). I use MythTV with a separate Solaris file server but I've contemplated the possibility of

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS via Virtualized Solaris?

2008-01-07 Thread Torrey McMahon
Peter Schuller wrote: From what I read, one of the main things about ZFS is Don't trust the underlying hardware. If this is the case, could I run Solaris under VirtualBox or under some other emulated environment and still get the benefits of ZFS such as end to end data integrity?