Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Lou Picciano
--- Original Message - From: Harry Putnam To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Sent: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:17:48 - (UTC) Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questionsLou Picciano writes: > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There are also some ZFS >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 11/09/2013 16:40, Harry Putnam wrote: "Udo Grabowski (IMK)" writes: [...] Harry wrote: So you'd need to send/receive all seven then, eh? Or is there something like the -p operator to 'zfs create -p [...]' that can be invoked to allow you to send/receive the whole batch in one go? Udo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
"Udo Grabowski (IMK)" writes: [...] Harry wrote: >> So you'd need to send/receive all seven then, eh? Or is there >> something like the -p operator to 'zfs create -p [...]' that can be >> invoked to allow you to send/receive the whole batch in one go? >> > Udo replied: > You can always do a 'z

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Antony Brooke-Wood writes: > My advice is to keep it simple - from what you describe, there isn't any > reason I can see to create more than 2 file systems. I kind of thought that might be best, but then started noticing how the designers of openindiana have gone fairly deep into the sets of zfs

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
"Udo Grabowski (IMK)" writes: > From 7 years of experience with zfs I absolutely recommend to > go the other way, create filesystems below /rmh/... for each > host. The simple reason is that you can easily snapshot each > host, transport it, or even promote it to be the root on a real > physical

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 11/09/2013 16:13, Harry Putnam wrote: "Udo Grabowski (IMK)" writes: From 7 years of experience with zfs I absolutely recommend to go the other way, create filesystems below /rmh/... for each host. The simple reason is that you can easily snapshot each host, transport it, or even promote it

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Lou Picciano writes: > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There are also some ZFS > attributes geared toward Windows FSes; you'll want to check these > out. Thank you for the helpful input. Although it does sound like your operation and thinking are a bit above my pay grade ;). Can you menti

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-10 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 11/09/2013 01:44, Antony Brooke-Wood wrote: My advice is to keep it simple - from what you describe, there isn't any reason I can see to create more than 2 file systems. One thing you might consider is setting up CrashPlan with your server. It has a native solaris installation and for $5 a m

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-10 Thread Lou Picciano
Harry, Wish there were one answer… Even before ZFS layout, zpool design brings a lot of factors into play. But to your question on layouts: Among our considerations is the one you're dealing with; 'How granular to get?' Some features of ZFS help drive our thinking about our architectures: The

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-10 Thread Antony Brooke-Wood
My advice is to keep it simple - from what you describe, there isn't any reason I can see to create more than 2 file systems. One thing you might consider is setting up CrashPlan with your server. It has a native solaris installation and for $5 a month, you can have all of your data replicated of

[OpenIndiana-discuss] funky beginer questions

2013-09-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Running 151a8 Now I've got oi running and becoming slightly familiar with zpool and zfs cmds, I need some coaching as to how to employ the zfs fs. My general aim is to backup other computers but also want to have a few zfs fs that serve a windows 7 box and holds lots of pictures and other graphic