From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 21 23:17:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0F21065670 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:17:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout021.mac.com (asmtpout021.mac.com [17.148.16.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848BA8FC0A for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:17:32 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp021.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LOP00J1MI08Y810@asmtp021.mac.com> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:16:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-07-21_09:2011-07-21, 2011-07-21, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1107210237 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <20110721224045.8A016B84F@mail.bitblocks.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:16:56 -0700 Message-id: References: <20110721215617.7C7F0B827@mail.bitblocks.com> <20110721224045.8A016B84F@mail.bitblocks.com> To: Bakul Shah X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS X Lion time machine => (afpd|iSCSI) => ZFS question X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:17:32 -0000 On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:28:08 PDT Chuck Swiger wrote: >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Bakul Shah wrote: >>> I am in no hurry to upgrade my MBP to OS X Lion but given Lion >>> time machine and netatalk issues, >> >> Which issues? (And did you file a bug report? :-) > > Google `os x lion netatalk time machine'! With due respect for the search folks up the road in Mountain View, I asked which issues you'd had and whether you'd filed a bug report about them. > But briefly, a newer version of the appletalk protocol is used with lion time > machine which is not supported by netatalk in the ports. Ah, yes: anything below AFP 3.2 or direct block access is likely ENOTSUP. >>> I got wondering if iSCSI on FreeBSD is stable enough for >>> time machine use. How much duct tape and baling wire are needed >>> to make it work?! >> >> There was a fine discussion about this here: >> >> http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/ZFS-vs-OSX-Time-Machine-td4346562.html > > Thanks. I think I saw it back then.... Nothing new since then? Aside from Lion, you mean? Well, FreeBSD seems to be making progress with ZFS and memory tuning; I'm not as familiar with work being done on iSCSI. Regards, -- -Chuck