Directory name lookup cache

DNLC is something that did create a lot of discussions on ZFS mailing list, and is one of that parts that ZFS did not changed, and (at least for me) a ghost. Let me try to explain... ZFS dynamics are totally different from many parts of the other ...
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Newsgrape

Cool, i'm on a song! Thank you for the newsgrape team! It's real nice, so next time you could find a good singer... ;-) I wish success for you guys, and stay tuned for news about newsgrape here, here, here, and everywhere... ps.: i'm at 1:59' peace
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Bulletin Board (Forum ZFS, Storage, etc)…

Antes tarde do que nunca... é um ditado bem popular. Tenho alguns projetos pessoais como aplicativos de código aberto, e recentemente meu livro sobre ZFS, e estava faltando um canal 'oficial' para tratar destes assuntos com os usuários destes projetos, e possivelmente desenvolvedores que queiram participar também. Com o ...
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Intel Specification Update

In October 1, 2010, Intel released a document that describes design defects, known errors, and all the stuff that can make a sysadmin's life a pain. It was an specification update for the Intel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (e1000 driver for most *nix implementations). This ethernet controller is ...
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NFS, TCP, retrans and timeo

I think there is a misunderstanding regarding the protocols and NFS options while using it over TCP. As the NFS is an old protocol, and used to UDP, when the implementations did change the default transport to TCP, the features from one were mixed to the other in some interpretations. Well, ...
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Solaris 11

Hello there... As many of you already know, a new version of Solaris Operating System is available: Solaris 11 Express. Seems like the Solaris 11 will be released next year, but i really don't know if that is the case neither the diff between Solaris 11 Express and Solaris 11. From what ...
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