> I'm toying with the idea of running zfs on my DSSU's. This way i can 
> compress the data to the dssu as it's being written thus decreasing the 
> amount of space needed for the dssu's.
> 
> It might not be the best flow
> client -> NB Server -> DSSU write the data with zfs compression
> zfs uncompress -> tape
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has done it.

I haven't, but if you have a lot of extra CPU compared to I/O, it sounds
like it should work.  I wouldn't do it on a box that already had high
CPU utilization.

Good luck and let us know how it works.

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Darren Dunham                                           [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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