Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:14:45 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: lhmwzy@gmail.com, koitsu@freebsd.org, pjd@freebsd.org, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Subject: Re: zfs quota question Message-ID: <200810071314.45922.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <E1KnA2b-0007ls-8u@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <E1KnA2b-0007ls-8u@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday 07 October 2008 12:43:45 Pete French wrote: > > Yeah, ZFS offers a lot, which can create confusion, unfortunately. Do we > > limit physical space with quota or only logical (before compression)? > > Should we take space consumed by snapshots into account or not? etc. > > On a related note, is there any way to make du tell me how big files > are in actual bytes on a compressed ZFS filesystem, aas opposed to space > on the disc ? I love ZFS, but I suddenly found out last night that I > have lost the ability tto do a 'du' on a directory to work out if it will > fit onto a CD or not :-) But you can't do that on UFS either: sparse files, hardlinks, ... The GNU du(1) has a "--apparent-size" switch to get the logical size instead of what the tool's name suggests (the disk usage). -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200810071314.45922.max>