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Skriven 2006-12-21 14:41:24 av Robert Comer (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 14855 av RobertB (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: ZFS on OS-X?
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From: "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com>

> How cheap is cheap? You can get a Mini for six or seven hundred.

Six or Seven hundred is imperative, but it's got to have at least 2G of RAM
(expandable), and a 200G of Disk, and a fast dual core processor.

>But
> you'll need a screen, keyboard and mouse to go with it.

Those don't count, already have them.

--
Bob Comer


"RobertB" <missinglink@cloud9.net> wrote in message
news:missinglink-269A31.11351521122006@news.barkto.com...
> In article <45896270@w3.nls.net>,
> "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> > Duhh, that's a plus, my friend.
>>
>> Not to my wallet it's not!  I foresee myself buying a Mac eventually,
>> maybe
>> soon, but the Intel Mac's have to get a bit cheaper for a decent
>> config...
>
> How cheap is cheap? You can get a Mini for six or seven hundred. But
> you'll need a screen, keyboard and mouse to go with it. I recently
> bought a new 20" core2duo iMac. Not dirt cheap, but it's compact, quiet,
> has a great screen, and is fast as hell. I think they're selling for
> around $1500-1600 now.
>
>
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "RobertB" <missinglink@cloud9.net> wrote in message
>> news:missinglink-04E398.10490920122006@news.barkto.com...
>> > In article <45884277$1@w3.nls.net>,
>> > "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> > So what's not to like? <g>
>> >>
>> >> You need Apple Hardware!
>> >
>> > Duhh, that's a plus, my friend.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Bob Comer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "RobertB" <missinglink@cloud9.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:missinglink-24F3A8.13221319122006@news.barkto.com...
>> >> > In article <8a5eo2p8lgflccolto0sm9ralphn1otnoh@4ax.com>,
>> >> > mike <mike@barkto.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:04:02 -0500, RobertB
>> >> >> <missinglink@cloud9.net>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >In article <d1qbo216n7fjkjs3l6f8vo6ommcvjo2h7i@4ax.com>,
>> >> >> > mike <mike@barkto.com> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:25:04 -0500, RobertB
>> >> >> >> <missinglink@cloud9.net>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >In article <mdjao21jev9vaepfe8lmlh9do12s5ehji4@4ax.com>,
>> >> >> >> > mike <mike@barkto.com> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmac4ever.co
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>> >> >> >> >> 2Fn
>> >> >> >> >> ews
>> >> >> >> >> %2F
>> >> >> >> >> 274
>> >> >> >> >> 85%2Fzettabyte_sur_leopard%2F&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe
=U
>> >> >> >> >> TF-
>> >> >> >> >> 8&p
>> >> >> >> >> rev
>> >> >> >> >> =%2
>> >> >> >> >> Flanguage_tools
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> ===
>> >> >> >> >> Parmis the few innovations of Leopard, one read these last
>> >> >> >> >> months,
>> >> >> >> >> several rumours on the integration of a new filing system,
>> >> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> >> ZFS,
>> >> >> >> >> which presents a revolution in the field of the storage of
>> >> >> >> >> data.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> This rumour seems to be confirmed, since one sees finally
>> >> >> >> >> apparaitre in
>> >> >> >> >> the utility of discs of Leopard, an option to create images
>> >> >> >> >> and
>> >> >> >> >> partitions in this format. On the other hand, it is not known
>> >> >> >> >> yet
>> >> >> >> >> if it
>> >> >> >> >> will be right another supported system, or if it has the role
>> >> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> >> replace
>> >> >> >> >> the HFS+ for the disc system.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> ZFS amongst other things integrates functionalities of
>> >> >> >> >> advanced
>> >> >> >> >> safeguards which could be used very well by Apple for Time
>> >> >> >> >> Machine
>> >> >> >> >> for
>> >> >> >> >> example. This known as, it is a sympathetic innovation, but
>> >> >> >> >> that
>> >> >> >> >> still
>> >> >> >> >> does not say to us what Steve wanted to hold secret signal.
>> >> >> >> >> ===
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>  /m
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >What's the source, so I can read it in the original?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> At the top of the google translated page is the link to the
>> >> >> >> original.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>  /m
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >OK. I found it. What's Zettabyte File System anyway?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Some more info:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://loop.worldofapple.com/archives/2006/12/17/zfs-file-system-makes
-i
>> >> >> t-t
>> >> >> o-m
>> >> >> ac-os-x-leopard/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ===
>> >> >> Back in May of this year it was rumoured that Apple's File System
>> >> >> Development Team had contacted Sun Microsystems to help in a
>> >> >> translation
>> >> >> of the Zettabyte File System to Mac OS X.
>> >> >> Zettabyte File System makes appearance in Mac OS X 10.5, Disk
>> >> >> Utility
>> >> >>
>> >> >> With the most recent Build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, ZFS has
>> >> >> appeared
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> have finally made an appearance, as per the rumours.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sun Microsystems describes ZFS as the "last word in File Systems,"
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> file system is well known for being incredibly resilient to data
>> >> >> failure, having immense capacity and being the first 128-bit file
>> >> >> system.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Lets look at ZFS's ability to keep data safe, everything on ZFS is
>> >> >> "copy-on-write" meaning that the file system never overwrites live
>> >> >> data
>> >> >> and it leaves no windows of vulnerability. Also on ZFS, everything
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> transactional meaning that a file copy will either completely fail
>> >> >> or
>> >> >> be
>> >> >> a complete success not half and half leaving you with a mess to
>> >> >> clean
>> >> >> up.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Finally the most important feature of data integrity os check
>> >> >> summing
>> >> >> and everything on ZFS is checksummed meaning zero data corruption.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The Zettabyte File system is also incredibly scalable adding value
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> users of both server and home environments. ZFS has a data storage
>> >> >> capacity of 256 quadrillion zettabytes and a maximum file size of
>> >> >> 16
>> >> >> exabytes (that's 17179869184 terabytes).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Overall ZFS offers the following key advantages:-
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Pooled storage - No requirement for a volume manager when extra
>> >> >> volumes
>> >> >> added, the volume is simply added to a pool creating a vdev
>> >> >> (virtual
>> >> >> device), a collection of vdevs makes up a zpool, which in essence
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> storage available to the file system.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Snapshots - Read-only point in time of the file system
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Clones - write-able copy of a snapshot
>> >> >>
>> >> >> RAID-Z - Makes use of copy-on-write; rather than overwriting old
>> >> >> data
>> >> >> with new data, it writes new data to a new location and then
>> >> >> overwrites
>> >> >> the pointer to the old data
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Detects and then corrects data corruption
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Incredibly fast due to intelligent pre-fetching, and dynamic
>> >> >> striping....
>> >> >> ===
>> >> >
>> >> > So what's not to like? <g>

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