Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-24 Thread Eric Schrock
On Jul 24, 2010, at 12:53 AM, Fred Liu wrote: >> >> Disagree. The benefits are not as great as advertised. > > Is it ZFS intrinsic flaw to realize it? I have lots of users who are addicted > to NetApp's snapshot so much! The tricky part is exporting FIDs over NFS in a way that allows you to 'c

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-24 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: Fred Liu [mailto:fred_...@issi.com] > > But too many file systems may be an issue for management and also > normal user cannot create file system. > I think it should go like what NetApp's snapshot does. > It is a pity. For Windows/CIFS clients, the solution I use is: ln -s .zfs/s

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-24 Thread David Magda
On Jul 24, 2010, at 01:20, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: I think it should go like what NetApp's snapshot does. There was a long thread on this topic earlier this year. Please see the archives for details. Do you have the URL? I don't have a long subscription I too do not have a long subscrip

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-23 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
>> > I think it should go like what NetApp's snapshot does. >> >> There was a long thread on this topic earlier this year. Please see the >> archives for details. > > Do you have the URL? I don't have a long subscription >> I too do not have a long subscription, and I would be interested in the su

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-23 Thread Fred Liu
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Elling [mailto:richard.ell...@gmail.com] > Sent: 星期六, 七月 24, 2010 12:48 > To: Fred Liu > Cc: Edward Ned Harvey; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the > top of a file

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-23 Thread Richard Elling
--- >> From: Edward Ned Harvey [mailto:sh...@nedharvey.com] >> Sent: 星期六, 七月 24, 2010 10:22 >> To: Fred Liu; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> Subject: RE: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the >> top of a file system? >> >>> From: zfs-discuss-

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-23 Thread Fred Liu
Sent: 星期六, 七月 24, 2010 10:22 > To: Fred Liu; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: RE: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the > top of a file system? > > > From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > > boun...@opensolaris.org] On

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-23 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Fred Liu > > Is it true? Any way to find it in every hierarchy? Yup. Nope. If you use ZFS, you make a filesystem at whatever level you need it, in order for the .zfs directory to be availabl

[zfs-discuss] snapshot .zfs folder can only be seen in the top of a file system?

2010-07-23 Thread Fred Liu
Hi, Is it true? Any way to find it in every hierarchy? Thanks. Fred ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss