[zfs-discuss] Re: Best use of 4 drives?

2007-06-15 Thread Rick Mann
I'm having a heckuva time posting to individual replies (keep getting exceptions). I have a 1U rackmount server with 4 bays. I don't think there's any way to squeeze in a small IDE drive, and I don't want to reduce the swap transfer rate if I can avoid it. The machine has 4 500 GB SATA

[zfs-discuss] Difference between add and attach a device?

2007-06-14 Thread Rick Mann
Hi. I've been reading the ZFS admin guide, and I don't understand the distinction between adding a device and attaching a device to a pool? TIA This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] Re: Best use of 4 drives?

2007-06-14 Thread Rick Mann
Ian Collins wrote: Bung in (add a USB one if you don't have space) a small boot drive and use all the others for for ZFS. Not a bad idea; I'll have to see where I can put one. But, I thought I read somewhere that one can't use ZFS for swap. Or maybe I read this: Slices should only be used

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Mac OS X Leopard to use ZFS

2007-06-13 Thread Rick Mann
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Rick Mann wrote: ZFS Readonly implemntation is loaded! Is that a copy-n-paste error, or is that typo in the actual output? It's a typo in the actual output. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Mac OS X Leopard to use ZFS

2007-06-13 Thread Rick Mann
From (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=199903525) --- [...] Seeking to clarify a statement made on Monday by Brian Croll, senior director of Mac OS X Product Marketing, to two InformationWeek reporters that Apple's new Leopard operating system would not include

[zfs-discuss] Re: Mac OS X Leopard to use ZFS

2007-06-12 Thread Rick Mann
Since the copy I have I did not get through normal channels, I don't have WWDC access to the dev site, so I don't know if it's there or not. However, my friend looked, and couldn't find it, either. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[zfs-discuss] Re: Mac OS X Leopard to use ZFS

2007-06-11 Thread Rick Mann
I just installed the Leopard beta that was distributed at WWDC. Sadly, the installer provided no ZFS option (the only options were HFS Extended Journaled and a case-sensitive version of the same). However, typing this in the terminal: $ sudo zpool status Returned this: ZFS Readonly

[zfs-discuss] Mac OS X Leopard to use ZFS

2007-06-07 Thread Rick Mann
From Macintouch (http://macintouch.com/#other.2007.06.07): --- On stage Wednesday in Washington D.C., Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz revealed that his company's open-source ZFS file system will replace Apple's long-used HFS+ in Mac OS X 10.5, a.k.a. Leopard, when the new operating

[zfs-discuss] Re: Mac OS X Leopard to use ZFS

2007-06-07 Thread Rick Mann
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 08:38:10PM -0300, Toby Thain wrote: When should we expect Solaris kernel under OS X? 10.6? 10.7? :-) I'm hoping for L4, myself. http://ertos.nicta.com.au/software/darbat/ This message posted from opensolaris.org ___