[aklug] Re: ZFS

So is this an addon or is it preinstalled with Lion?

On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:09, Jason McEachen <jason@brightshinyobject.com> wrot=
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> imho, what makes ZFS "the FS of the Gods*" is snapshots. It's saved my=20=

> butt (and those of my family, coworkers, etc) on multiple occasions. =20
> I'd recommend having that set up for the el hefe show, too.
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> --Jason
> *your Gods, and benefits, may vary by location :-)
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> On 08/10/2012 11:00 AM, Shane Spencer wrote:
>> We're in the process of getting beefier OS X servers due to my bosses
>> love affair with Apple. He's not the head of I.T. mind you.. just the
>> head of the company.. which I guess has some sway.
>>=20
>> I've been searching for a way to use 12 cores on OS X without
>> 'breaking dist' so to speak. I've found a LOT of utilities to help me
>> stay sane.. I've experienced pain and pleasure in it's new server
>> control panel and services.. and now I've moved on to the fact that I
>> really honestly hate HFS+.. So I went searching for a better FS that
>> could be used with OSX and have found MacZFS and it is.. bliss.
>>=20
>> http://i.imgur.com/oINIz.png
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>> I'd like to thank Royce for bringing ZFS back up to the surface for
>> me. I'm not a huge BSD user and I had a difficult time my need for
>> instant gratification mixing with the learning curve that FreeBSD.. or
>> even Debian/kFreeBSD.. introduced. At this point I'm just happy to
>> have non HFS+ for our main storage pool. HFS+ will still be utilized
>> for the root filesystem and some small supplimentary filesystems.
>>=20
>> Hopefully I will be showing off ZFS Send/Recv to el boss mang later today=
.
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>> - Shane
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Received on Fri Aug 10 11:18:54 2012