From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 31 08:02:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E8B0106566B for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 08:02:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@reifenberger.com) Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4EEB8FC17 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 08:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@reifenberger.com) Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A3A1C15399; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC838907F8; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id znLbGQFxtH+c; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.reifenberger.com (ppp-93-104-105-97.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.105.97]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.reifenberger.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 66FE740119; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.reifenberger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F24E40116; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Reifenberger To: xorquewasp@googlemail.com In-Reply-To: <20090530213643.GA1478@logik.internal.network> Message-ID: References: <20090530175239.GA25604@logik.internal.network> <20090530144354.2255f722@bhuda.mired.org> <20090530191840.GA68514@logik.internal.network> <20090530162744.5d77e9d1@bhuda.mired.org> <20090530213643.GA1478@logik.internal.network> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer Subject: Re: Request for opinions - gvinum or ccd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 08:02:38 -0000 On Sat, 30 May 2009, xorquewasp@googlemail.com wrote: ... > I'll definitely be looking at ZFS. Thanks for the info. > > I've never been dead set on any option in particular, it's just that I > wasn't aware of anything that would do what I wanted that wasn't just > simple RAID0 and manual backups. > Just for the record: ZFS is the only FreeBSD filesystem which ensures your data integrity. I've had dozends of silent block corruptions on SAMSUNG HD103UJ drives. Thanks to 'zfs scrub' I was able to recognize and repair the corruptions. Traditional RAID's only work if the whole drive fails. Bye/2 --- Michael Reifenberger Michael@Reifenberger.com http://www.Reifenberger.com