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Date:      Sat, 18 May 2013 07:32:35 +0200
From:      "bsd@todoo.biz" <bsd@todoo.biz>
To:        Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ZFS install on a partition
Message-ID:  <511AEFEF-7CE6-4E48-916C-81FAF8F9DEED@todoo.biz>
In-Reply-To: <20130518044900.GA30652@neutralgood.org>
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Le 18 mai 2013 =E0 06:49, kpneal@pobox.com a =E9crit :

> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 08:03:30PM -0400, Paul Kraus wrote:
>> On May 17, 2013, at 6:24 PM, "bsd@todoo.biz" <bsd@todoo.biz> wrote:
>>> 3. Should I avoid using ZFS since my system is not well tuned and It =
would be asking for trouble to use ZFS in these conditions.=20
>>=20
>> No. One of the biggest benefits of ZFS is the end to end data =
integrity.
>> IF there is a silent fault in the HW RAID (it happens), ZFS will =
detect
>> the corrupt data and note it. If you had a mirror or other redundant =
device,
>> ZFS would then read the data from the *other* copy and rewrite the =
bad
>> block (or mark that physical block bad and use another).
>=20
> I believe the "copies=3D2" and "copies=3D3" option exists to enable =
ZFS to
> self heal despite ZFS not being in charge of RAID. If ZFS only has a =
single
> LUN to work with, but the copies=3D2 or more option is set, then if =
ZFS
> detects an error it can still correct it.
>=20
> This option is a dataset option, is inheritable by child datasets, and =
can
> be changed at any time affecting data written after the change. To get =
the
> full benefit you'll therefore want to set the option before putting =
data
> into the relevant dataset.

Ok, good to know.
I planned to setup a consistent Snapshot policy and remote backup using =
zfs send / receive=20
That should be enough for me=85=20

Is the overhead of this setup equal to double size used on disk ?=20


>=20
> --=20
> Kevin P. Neal                                =
http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
>=20
> "Nonbelievers found it difficult to defend their position in \=20
>    the presense of a working computer." -- a DEC Jensen paper

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