Re: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Paul van der Zwan
On 7 Nov 2006, at 21:02, Michael Schuster wrote: listman wrote: hi, i found a comment comparing linux and solaris but wasn't sure which version of solaris was being referred. can the list confirm that this issue isn't a problem with solaris10/zfs?? Linux also supports asynchronous

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Paul, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 3:23:35 PM, you wrote: PvdZ On 7 Nov 2006, at 21:02, Michael Schuster wrote: listman wrote: hi, i found a comment comparing linux and solaris but wasn't sure which version of solaris was being referred. can the list confirm that this issue isn't

Re: Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Paul van der Zwan
On 8 Nov 2006, at 16:16, Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Paul, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 3:23:35 PM, you wrote: PvdZ On 7 Nov 2006, at 21:02, Michael Schuster wrote: listman wrote: hi, i found a comment comparing linux and solaris but wasn't sure which version of solaris was being

Re: Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
Paul van der Zwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure UFS and ZFS can be faster, but having fast, but possibly dangerous, defaults gives you nice benchmark figures ;-) In real life I prefer the safe, but a bit slower, defaults, as should anybody who values his data. There is another point

Re: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Neil Perrin
Robert Milkowski wrote On 11/08/06 08:16,: Hello Paul, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 3:23:35 PM, you wrote: PvdZ On 7 Nov 2006, at 21:02, Michael Schuster wrote: listman wrote: hi, i found a comment comparing linux and solaris but wasn't sure which version of solaris was being referred.

Re: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Robert Milkowski wrote: PvdZ This could be related to Linux trading reliability for speed by doing PvdZ async metadata updates. PvdZ If your system crashes before your metadata is flushed to disk your PvdZ filesystem might be hosed and a restore PvdZ from backups may be needed. you can

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-08 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Matthew, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 5:31:28 PM, you wrote: MA Robert Milkowski wrote: PvdZ This could be related to Linux trading reliability for speed by doing PvdZ async metadata updates. PvdZ If your system crashes before your metadata is flushed to disk your PvdZ filesystem

[zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-07 Thread listman
hi, i found a comment comparing linux and solaris but wasn't sure which version of solaris was being referred. can the list confirm that this issue isn't a problem with solaris10/zfs??"Linux also supports asynchronous directory updates which can make a significant performance improvement when

Re: [zfs-discuss] linux versus sol10

2006-11-07 Thread Michael Schuster
listman wrote: hi, i found a comment comparing linux and solaris but wasn't sure which version of solaris was being referred. can the list confirm that this issue isn't a problem with solaris10/zfs?? Linux also supports asynchronous directory updates which can make a significant