From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 22:40:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029F71065670 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2010 22:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edflecko@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33998FC0C for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2010 22:40:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn10 with SMTP id 10so4895603iwn.13 for ; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:40:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=BcnGT7ZhulIiTs7Gsyt7M5pG6J5SUwr+S/kGZ3gKRsY=; b=ovyxB6TeTKMDgMYEYVSzIbWOPaQ0SUBsaxCHfYmv5/NNngoywRgYL2n4MBRXueKdSo OWSK4LlMdj9NRN40NLZhVwbzHtvbnXHuJuP6bUHSBjnBXdhJGVCYLsEfh9t1Xf79BoC9 unDFaRi+1CphSDGG/Z1dX7tEkZJQH+3lZZzsw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ePqFFGE4e6eClszZ94nTIvVmRQXgCjPg1PpzOJc06XQQKn+SacFxwQhtbllXqW8IKQ Q3iJedUF2MpG0QG0vqW8cVQ2QY9HoFAlIDAq9gSsfA7Q/LvKnQG624uw0ghEebzy0uPU nHy2Sd5PBTvifkERl9P7fxwCYCjSdC2216MtU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.185.142 with SMTP id co14mr19204944ibb.97.1281393604452; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.145.21 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:40:04 -0700 Message-ID: From: Ed Flecko To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: ZFS practical application? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:40:06 -0000 Hi folks, I've been reading about the ZFS file system, and I'm having a hard time understanding maybe the most practical business application(s)? I think I understand a little bit about it (from a conceptual perspective) that it's a self-healing 128 bit filesystem, better data integrity checking, etc. I have a small business (< 50 end users) and I'm wondering perhaps some examples that you might think would be most applicable for a FreeBSD server(s) and the ZFS filesystem? One of the things that seems like might be a detriment as well as an asset, is it's ability to expand as necessary, but then I'm wondering what prevents the filesystem from just "running away"? Are there any sites out there with perhaps a more laymen's explanation of ZFS? Comments? Thank you, Ed