> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Ramesh Babu > > I would like to know if I can create ZFS file system without ZFS > storage pool. Also I would like to know if I can create ZFS pool/ZFS > pool on Veritas Volume.
Unless I'm mistaken, you seem to be confused, thinking zpools can only be created from physical devices. You can make zpools from files, sparse files, physical devices, remote devices, in memory ... basically any type of storage you can communicate with. You create the zpool, and the zfs filesystem optionally comes along with it. All the magic is done in the pool - snapshots, dedup, etc. The only reason you would want a zfs filesystem is because it's specifically designed to leverage the magic of a zpool natively. If it were possible to create a zfs filesystem without a zpool, you might as well just use ufs. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
