Jason’s .plan

NOTE: ZFS has been enhanced to better address the situation described below by using ZFS configuration directives. This article is still accurate and provides decent background on the problem. However, an update has been posted with the newer, stronger, better way of resolving the problem: Back in the sandbox…ZFS flushing shenanigans revisited.

Running operations [...]

Just a quick note about Solaris Zones. When you connect to a zone's virtual console port using zlogin, you eventually find yourself needing to break out of it. You might try #. since that's the break-out sequence on Sun's ALOM…but no dice. If you're not lucky enough to have Internet access, it might be awhile [...]

Moving to Solaris 10 has been pretty smooth for us.  But every so often there's something that just gets ya in the neck. And its usually something right up there with breathing in terms of taking it for granted…
Solaris does some things very differently from the regular open source world. Usually I have to agree [...]