ZFS on Linux (Was: Corrupt file system)

[Baruch Shpirer]

Was trying zfs on linux, openindiana/illumos, etc
Had to use linux for common support factor

On Sep 25, 2017 09:42, "Shay Gover" <govershay at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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