Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:51:20 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Marcel Grandemange <thavinci@thavinci.za.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Recovery Tools Message-ID: <20081120204756.O16829@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <02c801c94b40$4b6a2f10$e23e8d30$@za.net> References: <02c801c94b40$4b6a2f10$e23e8d30$@za.net>
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> all the input from various users I assume zfs would be the file system of > choice for such large volumes? > > Are there limitations or downsides using UFS on such a large volume? no, unless you will create it with default options. use -i big-power-of-two simply to have enough inodes for your files, but not 100 times too much. too much inodes=more wasted space AND VERY SLOW FSCK use -b 32768 or 65536 depending of your file's average size. -b 16384 will work too, but again fsck may be long. of course turn on softupdates. UFS performs excellent on large drives/volumes. not in theory but in practice, i use it every place, on volumes up to 3GB NO PROBLEMS. > Also are there any tools for recovery off ZFS volumes? Accidental > delete/format/corruption...? no.
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