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Re: [zfs-discuss] Virutal zfs server vs hardware zfs server

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Virutal zfs server vs hardware zfs server
From: Bob Friesenhahn
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:48:02 -0600 CST
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Blake wrote:

SinceZFS is trying to checksum blocks, the fewer abstraction layers youhave in between ZFS and spinning rust, the less points oferror/failure.

Are you saying that ZFS checksums are responsible for the failure?

In what way does more layers of abstraction cause particular problems for ZFS which won't also occur with some other filesystem?

Bob
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