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Date:      Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:38:17 -0700
From:      Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Xin LI <d@delphij.net>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>
Subject:   Re: Seagate Archive HDD
Message-ID:  <5514D0A9.1040106@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokEQjDXSHTn7o%2BEDnyrjDxckQkvWgQokKhhY1T1m3t_wA@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1503261124380.1417@laptop.wojtek.intra> <55148E42.80708@delphij.net> <4F65B315-5FFE-4184-91FD-C05A40E0A26E@dons.net.au> <5514A133.8060409@delphij.net> <88DE4F68-B05E-4E4D-8C4A-DED8147172E7@dons.net.au> <CAJ-VmokEQjDXSHTn7o%2BEDnyrjDxckQkvWgQokKhhY1T1m3t_wA@mail.gmail.com>

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On 3/26/15 17:58, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> ... all the talk about this stuff, and yet noone's talked about
> how ZFS is supposed to be append only, and boy wouldn't that be
> awesome. :)

It doesn't overwrite existing data with the assumption that a, let's
say, 4K-native drive doesn't have a 1MB "band" when writing.

I hope the "journal" would be helpful for this assuming it is on
non-volatile medium...

Cheers,
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