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Old 04-23-2007
Solaris 8 partition - compression

Hi,

Anyone know if I have a mount point /data , can it turn on compression
like what the MS Windows does ????

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-23-2007
i don't think that there is an supported way to compress UFS in Solaris.
with solaris 10 you could use ZFS with compression...

gP
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Old 04-23-2007
Solaris 8 partition - compression

Thanks for you fast response
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