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Folks, Command "zpool status" reports disk status that includes read errors, write errors, and checksum errors. These values have always been 0 in our test environment. Is there any tool out there that can corrupt the state? At the very least, we should be able to write to the disk directly and mess up the checksum. Thank you in advance for your help. Regards, Peter -- This message

Folks, While going through a quick tutorial on zfs, I came across a way to create zfs filesystem within a filesystem. For example: # zfs create mytest/peter where mytest is a zpool filesystem. When does this way, the new filesystem has the mount point as /mytest/peter. When does it make sense to create such a filesystem versus just creating a directory? # mkdir mytest/peter Thank you in

Folks, >From zfs documentation, it appears that a "vdev" can be built from more vdevs. That is, a raidz vdev can be built across a bunch of mirrored vdevs, and a mirror can be built across a few raidz vdevs. Is my understanding correct? Also, is there a limit on the depth of a vdev? Thank you in advance for your help. Regards, Peter -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Folks, I now know that ZFS is capable of preserving AD account sids. I have verified the scenario with CIFS integration. I am now wondering if it is possible to achieve a similar AD integration over WebDAV. Is it possible to retain security permissions on files and folders over WebDAV? Thank you in advance for your help. Regards, Peter -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Folks, I am learning more about zfs storage. It appears, zfs pool can be created on a raw disk. There is no need to create any partitions, etc. on the disk. Does this mean there is no need to run "format" on a raw disk? I have added a new disk to my system. It shows up as /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0. Do I need to format it before I convert it to zfs storage? Or, can I simply use it as: # zfs