From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LTBLb-0000Fe-3w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:37:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA93CE04C0; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:37:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from genesis.genestate.com (unknown [212.21.116.18]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E42FE04C0 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:37:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.194.217.10] (faust.genestate.com [10.194.217.10]) by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3E6E61A17 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:36:59 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <49840DAB.70108@genestate.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:36:59 +0000 From: Matt Harrison User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: homemade nas setup References: <87y6wtlksy.fsf@newsguy.com> <49824D7D.4080105@genestate.com> <87y6wsjm98.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87y6wsjm98.fsf@newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f31e6c02-1295-450c-b9c8-9d41bc4afa12 X-Archives-Hash: 3619753e7eb94c96bc03c3f0b163ecb5 Harry Putnam wrote: > Matt Harrison writes: > >> I know its a little OT, but I have to mention ZFS. It'll mean running >> Solaris or FreeBSD in order to get the best out of it, but it's worth >> it. >> >> I changed my fileserver from a gentoo box with software raid and lvm >> over to ZFS on OpenSolaris and I haven't looked back. Gentoo is still >> my main OS but I think you just can't beat ZFS for a filer. > > Matt, I'm interested in quizzing you further on this so will ask the > main question here. But, if you don't mind I'd like to talk to you > off list at more length. Maybe a few pointer getting Opensolaris > setup with the ZFS or the like. > > Are you backing up any windows boxes onto the ZFS? Is it just a matter > of making it available by way of samba/cifs? I'm using it for both attached storage via ISCSI, and standard sharing on a domain via cifs. I've got backups running from linux and windows boxes onto it. > Your list email address looks like it might be a phony (I didn't try > it) but mine isn't so if you don't mind the personal contact please > let me know and I'll write direct. Well I didn't realise my address looked fake :P It is real and I'd be happy to try and answer your questions to the best of my ability. Matt