Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:44:57 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>, Laszlo Danielisz <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: external hdd Message-ID: <51563C91.9090006@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <150B553F-AED1-45D7-86C9-EB482ED267EC@mac.com> References: <C83CF7ED-0CCE-4A3B-8761-B9352A7B92DE@yahoo.com> <6B60EA1E-0277-499A-917A-AA2B3030F0FD@mac.com> <CAE63ME7V%2BF=%2BWqLs1wW-bL_s8eDvSBNMziJ9s1A4z%2BUnUn3VjA@mail.gmail.com> <150B553F-AED1-45D7-86C9-EB482ED267EC@mac.com>
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On 30/03/2013 09:43, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Hi-- > > On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> On 29 March 2013 18:06, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: >>> Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not >>> sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could >>> setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data >>> interchange between other OSes. >> >> Now, unless I got things wrong, I believe you're mistaken. > > The key word above which folks might not be paying enough attention > towards-- particularly in the context of a backup solution-- is > "supported". > >> I, for instance, have a Time Machine server running on top of >> 10.0-CURRENT with ZFS. >> http://www.area536.com/projects/ironclad-time-machine-backups-on-freebsd/ > >> > Indeed. As one might note on that page: > > defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 > ^^^^^^^^^^^ The real point to notice is that the mentioned zfs storage is accessed over the network not over a local usb/sata cable. The freebsd server reads/writes to zfs the remote mac only talks afp over tcp seeing it as another network fileserver. While 10.5 included a zfs read-only kext apple removed it in 10.6 or 10.7. There is an oss version of zfs started that appears to have been revived - maczfs.com. There is also a commercial package for osx zfs - zevo. I'm not vouching for either of these just mentioning that they exist.
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