> > > Just curious,is there any manual way of telling ZFS
> > to flush the
> > > buffers after queiscing the db other than taking a
> > ZFS snapshot?.
> >
> > If you're not taking a snapshot, why would you want
> > ZFS to flush the
> > buffers?
> >
>
> Maybe just a way to confirm some really i
> > If i put the database in hotbackup mode,then i will
> have to ensure
> > that the filesystem is consistent as well.So, you
> are saying that
> > taking a ZFS snapshot is the only method to
> guarantee consistency in
> > the filesystem since it flushes all the buffers to
> the filesystem , so
>
