On 11/6/10 8:11 PM, "Matthew Dixon Cowles" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> Been a while, though I've been busy, I have neglected to continue
>> conversations via this list.
>
>Hi, Mike!
>
>> Nexenta stuff is pretty cool if you wanna check it out, just build
>> up a system with decent hardware, keep it under 12TB of managed
>> disk, and you can run it for free.
>
>Interesting. I seem to recall that Solaris was a bit cleverer about
>disks that most Unix-y OSes. Am I right in assuming that they're
>taking advantage of that?

Oh my yes.

ZFS is absolutely awesome - read up on it - quick googling will get you a
ton of info on it.

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