OK, sorry about that guys. I was assuming it was an available feature and was obviously incorrect. Thanks for the clarification. -Mark
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:11 AM, LinuxBSDos.com <fi...@linuxbsdos.com>wrote: > > I'd like to get a better understanding (or have someone correct me where > > I'm wrong) about using ZFS encryption for a particular zfs filesystem. > > > > The idea is to create a zfs file system for a MySQL database to use to > > store its datafiles since the database contains potentially sensitive > > information. The server we would do this on already has several zfs > > filesystems used for other purposes. > > > > So if I create a new filesystem, and set encryption to on, these are the > > caveats as I understand them: > > > > 1. I can snapshot and zfs send | zfs receive to a separate physical > backup > > server for archival storage, and as long as the receiving file system is > > also set to encryption=on, the replicated data would remain encrypted > with > > the same passphrase > > 2. In order for the server to mount this filesystem on boot, someone > would > > need to be available to enter the passphrase - otherwise the file system > > would remain unmounted, meaning MySQL could not use it > > > > Are these two things correct? If so, is there a better solution for Item > > #2, such that remotely rebooting the server would allow MySQL to start > and > > be able to use the file system? > > > > I don't know the answer to your question, but ZFS on OI does not yet have > support for encryption, unless your question is about Oracle Solaris 11. > > > -- > Fini D. > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss