John R Pierce wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: >>> I think what you want is a proper storage array with mirrored write >>> cache. >>> >> >> Which is what we have with ZFS + SSD-based ZIL for far less money than >> a NetApp. >> > > not unless you have a pair of them configured as an active/standby HA > cluster, sharing dual port disk storage, and some how (magic?) mirroring > the cache pool so that if the active storage controller/server fails, > the standby can take over wthout losing a single write. > OT too but really thought this was a good post/thread on ZFS http://www.mail-archive.com/zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org/msg18898.html "ZFS is designed for high *reliability*" [..] "You want something completely different. You expect it to deliver *availability*. And availability is something ZFS doesn't promise. It simply can't deliver this." -- nate