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Date:      Mon, 24 Nov 2014 07:39:13 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How much space does raidz2 'eat'?
Message-ID:  <5472E0A1.7050007@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <5472DB34.8080500@infracaninophile.co.uk>
References:  <20141123232623.39d46c80@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> <5472DB34.8080500@infracaninophile.co.uk>

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On 24/11/2014 07:16, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 23/11/2014 22:26, Christian Baer wrote:
>> After creating a raidz2 pool, I get this:
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>> Now I know that while WD works with kB, FreeBSD works with KiB (factor=

>> 1024). However, if I break this drive down to that and multiply that b=
y
>> 5, I get 18.19TiB, while df gives me 16TiB. Sure, there is some
>> overhead and all, but certainly (hopefully) not 2 whole TiB! That woul=
d
>> be more than 10%.
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> Use 'zpool list' to see the actual size and usage of your pool.
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> The amount you lose in overhead from partitioning and setting up geli
> providers is pretty neglible; it's all down

(oops.  missed a bit)

=2E.. in the noise with the TB scale drives you're using.

> Yes, RAIDZ2 has around that level of overhead: think two parity blocks
> for each three data blocks, so worst case is that about 40% of your raw=

> space will disappear.  The actual amount depends on exactly how many
> drives you're using.
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>> Is this normal or am I missing something?
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> See: http://blog.delphix.com/matt/2014/06/06/zfs-stripe-width/
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> 	Cheers,
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> 	Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.

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