No, ZFS does not require reformatting. It really is about a two second command to create even on the largest Jbod's I have (over a terabyte in 250G drives). I also do not believe that Apple will force it on you.
Its worth noting that most Sun instructors do not work for Sun. As someone who has implemented and is using ZFS, it really is as good as they say. I use it at home for storing video files and have not suffered any data loss.
I know its not on Mac but this shows how easy and powerful ZFS is. I have heard directly from Sun that by Solaris 10 will soon have bootable ZFS either in update 4 or update 5. Remember that the big problem with Sun hardware is that they need firmware support for bootability and that it may be much easier on OS X to make ZFS bootable.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8100808442 979626078
I am a former Sys Admin for my small company. We have now be purchased by a larger company. During my time at the smaller company, I had so much influence over the product that I am now one of the key designers of the product. But don't ask me how hard it is to turn over the keys to the larger company's admins. God, sometimes I wanna cry. "Call the help desk? Please, do you know I use to admin those things. Just let me have root for 2 minutes and I'll fix it myself. What do you mean you don't believe me?" Please, just shoot me now.
I just came from a meeting on this very topic. The thing I came away from this meeting is that the real fear is that the Superhacker works for you. Or worse yet, you let him go yesterday. O. M. G.
"iii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections."
So, I can't use it as a substitute for my connection at home when I travel? Isn't that why I got one?
This seems to be the old argument that Wired wrote about many years ago. I wish I still had the article. It was basically, Net Heads vs the Bell Heads. Bell Heads want to control traffic on the internet. Prioritze everything, charge for higher priorities. Subdivide the bandwidth. Net heads believe that everything should go much as it does today. Screw QOS and make a best effort. Problem is, money is made based on the size of the pipe. The Net Heads are winning and the Bell heads are trying to go to Congress to get a leg up. The reason for this is that everyone along the lines would have to agree on a common QOS scheme. No one does and some don't implement it at all. They are trying to get Congress to force the issue. And do these guys not yet realize the Congress controls nothing outside the US? Or, is this a first step before approaching the ITU or EU?
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No, ZFS does not require reformatting. It really is about a two second command to create even on the largest Jbod's I have (over a terabyte in 250G drives). I also do not believe that Apple will force it on you.
Its worth noting that most Sun instructors do not work for Sun. As someone who has implemented and is using ZFS, it really is as good as they say. I use it at home for storing video files and have not suffered any data loss.
I know its not on Mac but this shows how easy and powerful ZFS is. I have heard directly from Sun that by Solaris 10 will soon have bootable ZFS either in update 4 or update 5. Remember that the big problem with Sun hardware is that they need firmware support for bootability and that it may be much easier on OS X to make ZFS bootable. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8100808442 979626078
I am a former Sys Admin for my small company. We have now be purchased by a larger company. During my time at the smaller company, I had so much influence over the product that I am now one of the key designers of the product. But don't ask me how hard it is to turn over the keys to the larger company's admins. God, sometimes I wanna cry. "Call the help desk? Please, do you know I use to admin those things. Just let me have root for 2 minutes and I'll fix it myself. What do you mean you don't believe me?" Please, just shoot me now.
Why does this seem so much like the Fair Share Schedular in Solaris 10? I think I know where they are getting there clues from. http://www.princeton.edu/~unix/Solaris/troubleshoo t/schedule.html
I just came from a meeting on this very topic. The thing I came away from this meeting is that the real fear is that the Superhacker works for you. Or worse yet, you let him go yesterday. O. M. G.
"iii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections." So, I can't use it as a substitute for my connection at home when I travel? Isn't that why I got one?
This seems to be the old argument that Wired wrote about many years ago. I wish I still had the article. It was basically, Net Heads vs the Bell Heads. Bell Heads want to control traffic on the internet. Prioritze everything, charge for higher priorities. Subdivide the bandwidth. Net heads believe that everything should go much as it does today. Screw QOS and make a best effort. Problem is, money is made based on the size of the pipe. The Net Heads are winning and the Bell heads are trying to go to Congress to get a leg up. The reason for this is that everyone along the lines would have to agree on a common QOS scheme. No one does and some don't implement it at all. They are trying to get Congress to force the issue. And do these guys not yet realize the Congress controls nothing outside the US? Or, is this a first step before approaching the ITU or EU?