On 02/ 8/10 09:45 AM, Dave Miner wrote: > On 02/ 6/10 08:35 PM, Mike Gerdts wrote: ... >> More seriously, I'm not really sure. I think that a snapshot is >> important to be able to provide fallback for when things go wrong and >> for when some sort of a data conversion is required and fallback is >> needed. This should not be as encumbered as a boot environment >> snapshot/clone. Hopefully the occurrences where such conversions are >> needed are kept to a minimum. Does data exist to suggest that this is >> a frequent occurrence? Does it typically happen with data in /var or >> data that is more likely to be kept in a pool other than rpool? >> > > It seems to be very infrequent, and there are other options, such as the > apache/apache2 scheme, that allow you to perhaps create a new > configuration based on the existing without disturbing the existing.
I would note that our mysql package, by default, stores its data in /var/mysql/5.1 or something like that. Yes, you can change this configuration detail, but it's default is to store the data there. I've had reports from more than one user that was surprised to find that their database data had either disappeared or had become an older version when they changed boot environments. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
