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Date:      Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:03:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Oscar Hodgson <oscar.hodgson@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Anyone using freebsd ZFS for large storage servers?
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> It was my impression that ZFS doesn't actually format the disk as

does any filesystem "format" a disk?
disks are nowadays factory formatted.

filesystem only write data and it's metadata on it.

I really recommend you to get basic knowledge of how (any) filesystem 
works.

THEN please discuss things.



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