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Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com> writes: |
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>>> Are you backing up any windows boxes onto the ZFS? Is it just a matter |
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>>> of making it available by way of samba/cifs? |
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>> I'm using it for both attached storage via ISCSI, and standard sharing |
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>> on a domain via cifs. I've got backups running from linux and windows |
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>> boxes onto it. |
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> Ahh sounds like what I'd be doing. Although I'm not really sure what |
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> you mean by `via ISCSI' (a scsi transport?) |
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iSCSI is kinda like ATA over ethernet, it allows you to "attach" a disk |
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to a system, over the network, but have it appear like a local disk. For |
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example, I have a windows 2003 domain controller that doesn't have much |
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space for storing roaming profiles etc. So I attached a disk to it via |
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iSCSI (in fact it is only a ZFS dataset, not a whole disk), windows sees |
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it as a local SCSI disk and lets me format it with NTFS and use it for |
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local storage. |
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try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI |
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>>> Your list email address looks like it might be a phony (I didn't try |
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>>> it) but mine isn't so if you don't mind the personal contact please |
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>>> let me know and I'll write direct. |
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>> Well I didn't realise my address looked fake :P It is real and I'd be |
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>> happy to try and answer your questions to the best of my ability. |
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> Hehe... no slam intended... some people do obfuscate there email on |
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> lists such as this, and yours is somewhat unusual looking. |
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> I've had people say the same thing about mine... `newsguy' sounds kind |
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> of made up. (True story =>) It used to be `zippo.com' some yrs ago but |
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> they were sued by the famous `Zippo' lighter people and had to change |
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> the name. They picked the silly name `newsguy'. |
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No offense taken, i was just surprised :) |
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Feel free to email me off-list if you want to talk ZFS etc, I'll be |
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happy to answer what I can or point you to the people that know all ;) |
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Matt |