So my FreeNAS box is running.
I've created Volumes.
Now I was during the process of creating shares.
But then I saw this :
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Quick_Start_Guide#Configure_Storage
Which referred to Datasets and Zvol :
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Volumes#Creating_ZFS_Datasets
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Volumes#Creating_a_zvol
The guide describes perfectly how to manage that... however I'm still wondering WHY I would use Datasets or Zvol?
On the topic of Datasets, it is said (in the guide) that :
I'm not sure if and why I should datasets!
I mean... by using shares, I can pretty much do the same things!
Am I missing something?
I've created Volumes.
Now I was during the process of creating shares.
But then I saw this :
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Quick_Start_Guide#Configure_Storage
Which referred to Datasets and Zvol :
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Volumes#Creating_ZFS_Datasets
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Volumes#Creating_a_zvol
The guide describes perfectly how to manage that... however I'm still wondering WHY I would use Datasets or Zvol?
On the topic of Datasets, it is said (in the guide) that :
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An existing ZFS volume can be divided into datasets. Permissions, compression, deduplication, and quotas can be set on a per dataset basis, allowing more granular control over access to storage data. A dataset is similar to a folder in that you can set permissions; it is also similar to a filesystem in that you can set properties such as quotas and compression as well as create snapshots.
I'm not sure if and why I should datasets!
I mean... by using shares, I can pretty much do the same things!
Am I missing something?