[OpenIndiana-discuss] Using OI and zfs from a windows machine

[Robbie Crash]

I've got an OI box joined to my AD at home, over gigabit, which is accessed
by 5 Windows (Server 2008R2, Server 2012, 7, 8 and 8.1) boxes regularly
over the built in CIFS server. I faced the same permissions issues you're
mentioning, and solved them here <https://robbiecrash.me/?p=89>. Aside from
those permissions issues, I initially had some issues with speed when
accessing 100MB+ Photoshop/Illustrator files via Adobe Bridge. Once I
enabled Jumbo Frames, those issues went away. I now get between 100 and
115MB/sec sustained transfer speeds, so the freeze is only a second or two
while the Adobe program loads the data which is unavoidable.

That said, I had those same speed problems when accessing the same files
off a native Windows Server 2008R2, I think but it may've just been 2008,
share.


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Roel_D <openindiana at out-side.nl> wrote:

> How did you join the zfs drive windows? And what windows version?
>
> Win7 has huge difficulties with networkshares. But there is a new but
> hidden servicepack for windows7 that improves the speed.
>
> You could try to install napp-it. It has a nice webbased gui that lets you
> configure shares easely.
>
> If you only have 1 pc that needs to connect, i would suggest iSCSI on ZFS.
> It will burn the wires of the network with the speed!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> The out-side
>
> Op 3 jul. 2013 om 19:07 heeft Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> > I haven't run OI for a good while now but am starting to need a more
> > serious NAT type setup.
> >
> > I work with graphics and video mostly.  Nothing professional or
> > commercial.
> >
> > I'm getting to where I need to get some of the data off my working
> > machine into a (handy to access NAS).
> >
> > When I did run OI, I had recurring problems with various permissions
> > type problems when accessing the zfs server from windows.
> >
> > Using this command solved most of them:
> > /bin/chmod -R A=everyone@:full_set:fd:allow /fs
> >
> > On the filesytems used by windows...
> >
> > But here is what I didn't resolve.
> >
> > Working from windows across a gigabit network on a zfs server.  Didn't
> > seem to work well... I'm talking about running adobe tools on files
> > from windows when the files are on a zfs server across the network.
> >
> > The problems I remember best were sloth and freezups on the windows
> > machine.
> >
> > So, all I really want to know right now is if that should be entirely
> > possible .. and if there are users here who do that daily that can
> > vouch for it.
> >
> > Not concerned with how to do it yet since I have nothing setup to talk
> > about. Or experiment on.
> >
> > Or maybe gigabit just isn't a big enough pipe for heavy graphics work?
> >
> >
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