ZFS on Linux (Was: Corrupt file system)

[Shay Gover]

Baruch: Do you use ZoL or ZFS on *BSD?

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Baruch Shpirer <baruch at shpirer.com> wrote:

> ZFS is ok, i had over 100tb on it on supermicro storage servers
> You can optimize read/write using zil/l2arc
> But didn't find it 100% stable (lost pools twice) thus only used to
> archive/cold storage
> The usage was pretty intensive (over 40 million files, sub 200k) though
> But a lot could have changed since than (2011)...
> That's my 2 cents
>
> On Sep 23, 2017 05:52, "Eli Billauer" <eli at billauer.co.il> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Ori.
>>
>> ZFS sounds interesting indeed. The question that comes to mind is: It's a
>> different creature, with significant emphasis on stability and data
>> integrity. How come it's unknown? Isn't this exactly what all companies
>> with a lot of servers want?
>>
>> Anyone on this list using ZFS on his or her own computer?
>>
>> As for RAM corruption, I pretty much doubt it. I've seen a lot of it on
>> embedded systems I've worked with. It always goes along with programs
>> crashing suddenly and weird kernel messages. But my computer has been
>> stable as a rock for several years.
>>
>> Regards,
>>    Eli
>>
>> On 22/09/17 17:12, Ori Berger wrote:
>>
>>> This could be the result of anything from a power glitch, strong RF
>>> transmission from another device next to the computer, bad power supply or
>>> bad memory. The hard disk itself is not more suspect than any other
>>> component in your system.
>>>
>>> Personally, I've twice had data mysteriously corrupted (once on Win2K,
>>> once on Linux), and in both cases it turned out that the RAM was bad; Since
>>> then, I never start using a system until it has successfully run through 48
>>> hours of memtest.
>>>
>>> When you install your next system, consider ZFS / ZoL - it tends to
>>> alert you to bad RAM or bad power supply rather quickly.
>>>
>>> On 09/22/2017 12:11 PM, Eli Billauer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> TL;DR: My hard disk's filesystem was corrupt, but the SMART statistics
>>>> is perfect. Should I replace the hard disk?
>>>>
>>>
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