> > 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 > > its consistent. > > The ZFS filesystem is always consistent on disk. By > taking a snapshot, > you simply make a consistent copy of the filesystem > available. > > Flushing buffers would be a way of making sure all > the writes have made > it to storage. That's a different statement than > consistency. > > > Just curious,is there any manual way of telling ZFS > to flush the > > buffers after queiscing the db other than taking a > ZFS snapshot?. > > The usual methods of doing this on a filesystem are > to run sync, or call > fsync(), but that's not anything specific to ZFS. > > If you're not taking a snapshot, why would you want > ZFS to flush the > buffers? >
Maybe just a way to confirm some really important data/change made it to the storage? Ivan. > -- > Darren Dunham > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Technical Consultant TAOS > http://www.taos.com/ > Pepper? San Francisco, CA > bay area > < This line left intentionally blank to > confuse you. > > ______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ss > This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
