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Re: [zfs-discuss] Separate /var

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Separate /var
From: Ian Collins
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:58:29 +1300


 On Fri 28/11/08 09:39 , Edward Irvine eirvine@xxxxxxxxxx sent:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm currently working with an organisation who want use ZFS for their  
> full zones. Storage is SAN attached, and they also want to create a  
> separate /var for each zone, which causes issues when the zone is  
> installed. They believe that a separate /var is still good practice.
> 
Is it even possible?  Well I guess anything is possible, but I doubt such a 
configuration would be supported or survive an upgrade.

> What are others doing in this space?
> 
I usually create a filesystem for each zone's root and either use loopback 
mounts or ZFS data sets for any additional space (/export/home for instance) 
required in the zone.  I can then apply quotas to these filesystems if required.

-- 
Ian

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