Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 10:23:30 -0700 From: Kip Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org> To: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS panic under extreme circumstances (2/3 disks corrupted) Message-ID: <3c1674c90905251023m2ce92bcdh4cd3e9df67b83dfd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D98FEABB-8B8A-48E6-B021-B05816B4C699@exscape.org> References: <4E6E325D-BB18-4478-BCFD-633D6F4CFD88@exscape.org> <D98FEABB-8B8A-48E6-B021-B05816B4C699@exscape.org>
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> > I'm guessing this is the case in OpenSolaris as well...? In any case, it's > BAD. Unless you keep checking zpool status over and over, you could have a > disk "failing silently" - which defeats one of the major purposes of ZFS! > Sure, auto-healing is nice, but it should tell you that it's happening, so > that you can prepare to replace a disk (i.e. order a new one BEFORE it > crasches bigtime). > > No, the FMA will persistently track issues like this. http://opensolaris.org/os/community/fm/ -Kip
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