In addition to the standard "containing the carnage" arguments used to justify splitting /var/tmp, /var/mail, /var/adm (process accounting etc), is there an interesting use-case where would one split out /var for "compression reasons" (as in, turn on compression for /var so that process accounting, network flow, and other such fun logs can be kept on a compressed filesystem (while keeping / (and thereby /usr etc.) uncompressed?)....
The ZFSBOOT-FAQ document doesn't really show how to break out multiple filesystems with jumpstart profiles... An example there might be helpful... (as its clear this is a frequently asked question :-) Also a "compression on", "ditto-data-bits on", (or perhaps a generic place to insert zpool/zfs parameters) as part of the jumpstart profiles could also be useful... If SSD is coming fast and furious, being able to use compression, shared free-space (quotas etc) to keep the boot-images small enough so they'll fit and accommodate live-upgrade patching, will become increasingly important. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060308-sun-flash-storage.html?page =1 Rock on guys, -- MikeE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Teer Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:19 AM To: Bob Friesenhahn Cc: ZFS discuss Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS root finally here in SNV90 On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > Did you actually choose to keep / and /var combined? Is there any THat's what I'd do... > reason to do that with a ZFS root since both are sharing the same pool > and so there is no longer any disk space advantage? If / and /var are > not combined can they have different assigned quotas without one > inheriting limits from the other? Why would one do that? Just keep an eye on the root pool and all is good. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA CEO, My Online Home Inventory URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.linkedin.com/in/richteer http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
