[zfs-discuss] Does running redundancy with ZFS use as much disk space as doubling drives?

2007-02-26 Thread Tor
cks of the source material to check the health. Or will I use as much drive space with redundancy? I'm more confused then I usually am... Thanks in advance! Tor This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opens

[zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-26 Thread Tor
stick with Windows. :-( Tor This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Re: Is there an "idiot's guide" to creating network access for users?

2007-02-26 Thread Tor
stick with Windows. :-( Tor This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Re: Is there an "idiot's guide" to creating network access for users?

2007-02-25 Thread Tor
27;m so stupid I don't yet know if I'm gonna see a GUI when OpenSolaris is installed or only a command line. But what I see doesn't really matter, I will see and conquer! :-) Tor This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss m

[zfs-discuss] Is there an "idiot's guide" to creating network access for users?

2007-02-24 Thread Tor
I'm setting up a media server with ZFS, if I'm lucky... The ACL part of the administration guide has made my head feel like it has inherited the appendicitis I had two weeks ago... So is there a simpler guide somewhere? I'll explain what I want to do: I have a few different levels of users in my

[zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Tor
Thanks for the quick answer! That's exactly what I suspected. Btw I'm looking around for hardware demands on this system, and I have problems finding anything. I was thinking about using an AMD XP2600 on a VIA KT-4 mobo wich has a few S-ATA ports, three IDE connections and an extra IDE card. Har

[zfs-discuss] Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Tor
I have read the FAQ, and it states that encrypted data can't be compressed. But is there any point in using compression on my media file server, that will store ripped DVD's (which are compressed in their default state), our digital photos (JPEG - also compressed) and HD files (mostly .ts (trans

[zfs-discuss] Can I use S3 sleep with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Tor
I have a media fileserver running with Windows XP at the moment, but I would like to change to ZFS because of the safeguards, since I lost a bunch of HD movies a few weeks ago - not because of a bad drive, but a bad drive cable! G But the thing is that I only use the media file server 3-