On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Ed Flecko <edfle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > I've been reading about the ZFS file system, and I'm having a hard > time understanding maybe the most practical business application(s)? > > I think I understand a little bit about it (from a conceptual > perspective) that it's a self-healing 128 bit filesystem, better data > integrity checking, etc. > > I have a small business (< 50 end users) and I'm wondering perhaps > some examples that you might think would be most applicable for a > FreeBSD server(s) and the ZFS filesystem? > > One of the things that seems like might be a detriment as well as an > asset, is it's ability to expand as necessary, but then I'm wondering > what prevents the filesystem from just "running away"? > > Are there any sites out there with perhaps a more laymen's explanation of ZFS? > > Comments? > > Thank you, > Ed
ZFS filesystems can grow automatically within the space allocated to the pool, but you control the pool. You also get fine-grained control via quotas. Sun's docs are a good starting point: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbcik Also read the parts about snapshots and zfs send: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gavvx What are your users running? Here's one of my favorites: http://blogs.sun.com/GregB/entry/using_zfs_to_protect_ntfs -Noah _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
