We went through a bit of a random boostrap process to get the first two Suns up: install OS on box1, realise we needed to have Jumpstarted it so as to config the h/w RAID controller, so install enough j/s swerver to bring up box2 as we really wanted, install j/s on box2 so we could splat & j/s box1.
The ZFS learning curve has been much flattened by already having several Netapps lying about, so the concepts of optimal raidgroup sizing and how to utterly hose a CoW f/s are already common and/or wikified.
There are regular exchanges of the form 'What d'you mean ZFS doesn't do (x)? I thought it was a Netapp killer. Everyone says so. Does this mean they've not actually tried to do (x)?'
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The ZFS learning curve has been much flattened by already having several Netapps lying about, so the concepts of optimal raidgroup sizing and how to utterly hose a CoW f/s are already common and/or wikified.
There are regular exchanges of the form 'What d'you mean ZFS doesn't do (x)? I thought it was a Netapp killer. Everyone says so. Does this mean they've not actually tried to do (x)?'