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Subject: Re: slow zvol performance compared to files on the same pool
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Andrew Snow wrote:
> On 7.x (where ZFS is really quite broken for server use - don't waste 
> too much time on it) 
How exactly is it broken?  I know there are some issues, but so serious 
you'd say it's broken?