[zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-28 Thread roland
Take note though, that giving zfs the entire disk gives a possible performance win, as zfs will only enable the write cache for the disk if it is given the entire disk. really? why this? is this tuneable somehow/somewhere? can i enabyle writecache if only using a dedicated partition ?

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-28 Thread Casper . Dik
Take note though, that giving zfs the entire disk gives a possible performance win, as zfs will only enable the write cache for the disk if it is given the entire disk. really? why this? In the old days, Sun never enabled the write cache on devices because of reliability issues. (Sun SCSI

[zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Tim Cook
Well, the system can only have one disk, so giving it the full disk isn't really an option unless they've finally gotten the whole boot from a zfs disk figured out. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

[zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Tim Cook
I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely useful in such a setup :) Does my plan sound feasible from both a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Eric Enright
On 1/25/07, Tim Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely useful in such a setup

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz
Hi Tim, Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely useful in such a setup :) Does my plan sound feasible from both a usability and performance

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Bart Smaalders
Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely useful in such a setup :) Does my plan sound feasible

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Darren J Moffat
Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely useful in such a setup :) Does my plan sound feasible

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 05:46:09PM +, Darren J Moffat wrote: Does my plan sound feasible from both a usability and performance standpoint? That is exactly what I do on my laptop, with one exception. For me it isn't just my zones on ZFS but also my home directory and my builds area

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Al Hopper
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Darren J Moffat wrote: Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely

RE: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Tim Cook
, January 25, 2007 11:53 AM To: Tim Cook Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition? On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Darren J Moffat wrote: Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Tim, Thursday, January 25, 2007, 4:44:34 PM, you wrote: TC I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. TC Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of TC the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to TC setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Al, Thursday, January 25, 2007, 6:52:58 PM, you wrote: AH On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Darren J Moffat wrote: Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Lori Alt
Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to setup zones on. Obviously the snapshots are extremely useful in such a setup :) Does my plan sound feasible

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Al Hopper
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Al, Thursday, January 25, 2007, 6:52:58 PM, you wrote: AH On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Darren J Moffat wrote: Tim Cook wrote: I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Toby Thain
On 25-Jan-07, at 3:56 PM, Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Tim, Thursday, January 25, 2007, 4:44:34 PM, you wrote: TC I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. TC Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB of TC the disk. Then use the remaining 100GB as a zfs partition to TC

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Toby, Thursday, January 25, 2007, 10:38:16 PM, you wrote: TT On 25-Jan-07, at 3:56 PM, Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Tim, Thursday, January 25, 2007, 4:44:34 PM, you wrote: TC I guess I should clarify what I'm doing. TC Essentially I'd like to have the / and swap on the first 60GB