Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs-discuss] iops...

2010-12-08 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
I am totally aware of these differences, but it seems some people think RAIDz is nonsense unless you don't need speed at all. My testing shows (so far) that the speed is quite good, far better than single drives. Also, as Eric said, those speeds are for random i/o. I doubt there is very

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Root role and root user

2010-12-08 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm sure to get scolded for running as root quite often but it is my preferred method quite often. It's no doubt not a good idea but I still bull headedly, prefer it quite often. I like to be able to ssh to root whenever I please. It makes lots of things easier... and since this is a home setup

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Package buildsystem

2010-12-08 Thread Mads Worsøe Duun
In the wiki section http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/OpenIndiana+Addon+Consolidations?focusedCommentId=4883385#comment-4883385it says a BSD-ports buildsystem will be added later to Openindiana. I very much like this idea, but has anyone thought about witch system to use? Will it be a system designed

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Root role and root user

2010-12-08 Thread Mads Worsøe Duun
I really don't like the idea of running as root if I don't need it, not even on my home setup. I really don't see the problem in ssh into my regular user, and from there su into root. Running root as user is dirty, and for lazy persons. Cheers, Mads Worsøe Duun