From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 2 08:24:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9731065673 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:24:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823BA8FC1E for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q528OCv0040153; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:24:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q528OBfJ040150; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:24:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:24:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Dan Nelson In-Reply-To: <20120601153525.GA16874@dan.emsphone.com> Message-ID: References: <20120601163520.f130cdcd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120601153525.GA16874@dan.emsphone.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:24:12 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Kaya Saman , Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone using freebsd ZFS for large storage servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:24:21 -0000 > On the other hand, even on a single-disk pool, ZFS stores two copies of all > metadata, so the chances of actually losing a directory block are extremely > remote. On mirrored or RAIDZ pools, you have at least four copies of all > metadata. i can only wish you to be lucky. sometimes lack of understanding make people happy.