[ug-bosug] Request for ZFS related articles

[USM Bish]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 06:13:35AM +0530, Annappa Karkera wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> If  anybody  has  the  following article(  and  any  article
> related  to ZFS  and NFS  and comparison  of ZFS  with other
> filesystems like NFS, AFS,CFS, raiserFS etc.) please forward
> it to me. I want to use it in my lecture on distributed File
> Systems.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

Summerised versions  (and tabulated  comparisons) of  ALL file
systems are available here. For specific details, click on the
links for specific file systems.

>
> http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/105/2/opt-sysadmin/17127
> How ZFS Makes the Sys Admin's Life Easier
> Amy Rich Explains Making File Systems, RAID-Z and More
>

Systemnews ? That is paid-up stuff. Just US$ 1 per week !

On a lighter  note, I like the phrase "makes  sys admin's life
easier". After two decades of  observations, and some of first
hand experience, I have come to the following conclusions:

a) A  sys-admin's work  is days  of inactivity  with hours  of
   sheer panic ! Just wait for  the root kit to be discovered,
   or  some ssh  intrusion ...  till then  it is  business (as
   usual). 

b) Nothing can stretch a sysadmin, barring Windows !!!

c) Sys-admins need more work (than coffee and sympathy).


Bish