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To: Dustin Wenz <dustinwenz@ebureau.com>, Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org>
Subject: Re: Imposing ZFS latency limits
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:25:57 -0500, Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org>  
wrote:

>
> That would be great - no need for TLER drives. But if you want to
> "drop" the drive from the bus, that would be a GEOM thing. Don't know
> if that's possible to implement.

This would be GREATLY appreciated. I've seen this happen on my own ZFS  
boxes as well as on a custom made SAN. It's painful but easy to detect  
when you notice the symptoms...