TimeSlider / ZFS Demo (5 Minutes)
Description
This demo uses TimeSlider to motivate a brief discussion of several ZFS
capabilities.
OpenSolaris Versions Supported
Any version with basic TimeSlider capabilities. 2008.11 is fine.
Points to Hit
- TimeSlider can do something Apple's TimeMachine cannot.
- ZFS is a COW – copy-on-write filesystem.
- ZFS is transactional – to protect data.
- ZFS snapshots are enabled due to ZFS's COW architecture.
Demo Prep
Required equipment:
- a laptop running 2008.11 or later
- a video or audio file to be played during the demo to clearly illustrate what is happening. it doesn't matter what the file
is so long as it is stored locally on the laptop. - an external USB disk drive with attached USB cable. the disk will not actually be used during the demo so formatting, content, etc, does not matter.
Gotchas
Things that may go wrong
Demo
The demo steps
Demo Cleanup
These are the necessary steps to take in order to successfully run the demo again on the same machine.
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