From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 28 19:17:27 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 C83DF106564A for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE6D8FC17 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so3491223iyj.13 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:17:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+QAsya8k/TPxwQcp6x4MrAsS4w7V9yRi52gy0zy/mUs=; b=eOY/ZoM7YEPuoRrJvS3au+WI/xnx6UXxMG2aJJ7NiRIjffyvBa3ACLcnZkjixuIKZm bPwAjGYw0rHfkaE7RXiELdNNp5UuJVz0uAuHC/vpiPsfmJIKp1nsQySzvQZbszy4SLO/ Tjnbn5OxmyAuEdYdGuv6yotwZetOAPE4KVZ88= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=SdTIY9TtQd44nwoWtJe2r5coFZoyX3oC/2PK+mwSFewKSQ54TAzGONG62vowQDVh8+ Ar+aL+YmIIgeoWIgEDhha82yeLuu9dxaqc51UP84ViukVy1v3fKPiJ6Xdgv2oPpMiTt9 SdWOl9+/wQdOAGa1Ql3u4FMYMYpG4Wd8K5srE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.92.206 with SMTP id s14mr2937482ibm.106.1304018246939; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:17:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.35.2 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:17:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2B80846C-E8A9-4FF6-962C-9405469661D6@mac.com> References: <537A8F4F-A302-40F9-92DF-403388D99B4B@gsoft.com.au> <2B80846C-E8A9-4FF6-962C-9405469661D6@mac.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:17:26 +0300 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: FreeBSD Stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: ZFS vs OSX Time Machine 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, 28 Apr 2011 19:17:27 -0000 I am using TM over smb on a ZFS Raidz1 pool of my fileserver with no problems whatsoever. NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT tank/apple 37.2G 82.8G 37.2G /tank/apple Oldest backup 14 December 2009 On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Apr 28, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > Does anyone else use ZFS to store TM backups? > > > > I find that whenever my laptop (over wifi!) starts a TM the ZFS machine > it's backing up to grinds to a halt.. Other systems streaming stuff over NFS > from it also tend to stall.. > > > > I presume that TM is doing something which causes ZFS some issues but I'm > not sure how to find out what the real problem is let alone how to fix it.. > > > Caveat: Time Machine is a viable backup system, but you're outside the > configurations which it supports. > > TM really wants the backup to be located on an HFS+ filesystem because it > makes very extensive use of hard links-- including hard links to > directories-- which are not widely supported by other Unix filesystems. > Even if you choose to continue using ZFS storage, please note that you'll > obtain significantly better results by using AFP instead of NFS filesharing. > > Wikipedia has useful info here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Machine_%28Mac_OS%29 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocol > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- George Kontostanos aisecure.net