Volker A. Brandt wrote: >> On my heavily-patched Solaris 10U4 system, the size of /var (on UFS) >> has gotten way out of hand due to the remarkably large growth of >> /var/sadm. Can this directory tree be safely moved to a zfs >> filesystem? How much of /var can be moved to a zfs filesystem without >> causing boot or runtime issues? >> > > It seems your original question hasn't been answered yet... :-) > > I have used U4 with the complete /var on zfs for quite a while and > have not encountered any problems. My usual setup for mirrored root > disks is: > > what where how > > / /dev/md/dsk/d0 ufs > swap /dev/md/dsk/d1 swap > ROOT cXt0d0s3 + cXt1d0s3 zpool > > The ROOT pool contains /var, /opt, and /export. I set both quota > and reservation for /var to be on the safe side. > > I have not done any stress testing with zones, but normal use > is absolutely trouble-free. > > > I guess you've never tried a (live) upgrade on that setup!
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