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Old 05-11-2008, 08:36 PM
Dave
 
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Default Re: Can I create ZFS snapshots on another pool?

Tim Bradshaw wrote:
> On May 10, 6:22 pm, Dave <f...@coo.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to create snapshots of the SCSI disks (which I intend
>> using for most tasks) and putting the snapshots onto the
>> cheaper/slower/larger USB drives?

>
> No. But you could make a snapshot on one pool, then use zfs send/
> receive to send it to the other one.


OK, I will look at that.

> Or you could put all the disks
> in one pool.



But it is sensible (or possible) to put mirrored disks on the same pool
as un-mirrored ones? These disks have very different characteristics so
I doubt having them in one pool is a good idea. But I've only recently
starting looking at ZFS, so I dont claim to know much about it.



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