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Date:      Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:55:46 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   ZFS deadlock in 14: with ZIL :-)
Message-ID:  <174925b2-e8ba-2da0-7dfd-d062e303c53a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <23BA44D4-8F35-4A0A-87A2-F765FE6D6865@FreeBSD.org>
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On 19/08/2023 11:31, Dimitry Andric wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2023, at 09:36, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> …
>>
>> <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271945#c0>; no ZIL; I never used the feature.
> The ZIL always exists, but it can be stored on a separate device for
> performance reasons. See zpoolconcepts(7), the Intent Log section:
>
>       By default, the intent log is allocated from blocks within the main pool.
>       However, it might be possible to get better performance using separate
>       intent log devices such as NVRAM or a dedicated disk.  For example:
>             # zpool create pool sda sdb log sdc
>
> -Dimitry
Thanks!

I looked at the page umpteen times, that part never sunk in. Now I know.

<https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/7/zpoolconcepts.7.html#Intent_Log>;




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