Harry Putnam wrote:
Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com> writes:
Are you backing up any windows boxes onto the ZFS? Is it just a matter
of making it available by way of samba/cifs?
I'm using it for both attached storage via ISCSI, and standard sharing
on a domain via cifs. I've got backups running from linux and windows
boxes onto it.
Ahh sounds like what I'd be doing. Although I'm not really sure what
you mean by `via ISCSI' (a scsi transport?)
iSCSI is kinda like ATA over ethernet, it allows you to "attach" a disk
to a system, over the network, but have it appear like a local disk. For
example, I have a windows 2003 domain controller that doesn't have much
space for storing roaming profiles etc. So I attached a disk to it via
iSCSI (in fact it is only a ZFS dataset, not a whole disk), windows sees
it as a local SCSI disk and lets me format it with NTFS and use it for
local storage.
try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI
Your list email address looks like it might be a phony (I didn't try
it) but mine isn't so if you don't mind the personal contact please
let me know and I'll write direct.
Well I didn't realise my address looked fake :P It is real and I'd be
happy to try and answer your questions to the best of my ability.
Hehe... no slam intended... some people do obfuscate there email on
lists such as this, and yours is somewhat unusual looking.
I've had people say the same thing about mine... `newsguy' sounds kind
of made up. (True story =>) It used to be `zippo.com' some yrs ago but
they were sued by the famous `Zippo' lighter people and had to change
the name. They picked the silly name `newsguy'.
No offense taken, i was just surprised :)
Feel free to email me off-list if you want to talk ZFS etc, I'll be
happy to answer what I can or point you to the people that know all ;)
Matt
