[OpenAFS] zfs File system
Robert Banz
rob@nofocus.org
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:59 -0700
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At my last job, we had switched to using ZFS exclusively for our AFS
servers, and had great luck with it. Look back in the archives of this
list for discussion of it, and check out one of my ex-coworker's
presentations from the 2007 AFS workshop on just that subject:
http://elektronkind.org/osol/OpenAFS-ZFS.pdf
On Apr 21, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Prasun Gupta wrote:
> On solaris the recommended filesystem of use for building afs
> filesystem is ufs without logging turned on. This is really a very
> primitive file system, and it loses a lot of the new features in the
> filesystems.
>
> Has anybody used zfs successfully and in what configuration ?
> a) striped zfs
> b) Raid5 zraid1 zfs
> c) Raid6 zraid2 zfs
>
> Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated ?
>
> Thanks
> Prasun
>
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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>At my last =
job, we had switched to using ZFS exclusively for our AFS servers, and =
had great luck with it. Look back in the archives of this list for =
discussion of it, and check out one of my ex-coworker's presentations =
from the 2007 AFS workshop on just that =
subject:</div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a =
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Apr 21, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Prasun Gupta wrote:</html><br =
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color: navy; ">On solaris the recommended filesystem of use for building =
afs filesystem is ufs without logging turned on. This is really a very =
primitive file system, and it loses a lot of the new features in the =
filesystems.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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recommendations will be greatly appreciated =
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