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Subject: Re: gmirror magic ?
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On 05/01/07 08:28, Frans Haarman wrote:
> Excuse my ignorance,
> 
> What I tried was removing a file on disk which 
> was  attached as a "md vnode". 
> 
> I assumed removing the file on disk will "kill" 
> the "md vnode" but it does not.
> 
> It seems this has nothing todo with gmirror/gstripe
> but the way md vnodes work!


It's the way all files in UFS work - if it's in use, and it gets 
removed, the directory entry goes away, but the data stays there until 
all references are gone.  Once they are all gone, the data blocks get 
recycled too.

Eric