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Re: [zfs-discuss] (preview) Whitepaper - ZFS Pools Explained - feedback

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] (preview) Whitepaper - ZFS Pools Explained - feedback welcome
From: StorageConcepts
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:39:26 PDT
> This paper is exactly what is needed -- giving an
> overview to a wide audience of the ZFS fundamental
> components and benefits.

Thanks :)

> I found several grammar errors -- to be expected in a
> draft and I think at least one technical error.

Will be fixed :)

> The paper seems to imply that multiple vdevs will
> induce striping across the vdevs, ala RAIDx0.  Though
> I haven't looked at the code, my understanding is
> that records are contained to a single vdev.

Well according to 
"http://www.filibeto.org/~aduritz/truetrue/solaris10/zfs-uth_3_v1.1_losug.pdf"; 
and other sources zfs uses so called "dynamic striping" here all data is cpread 
across all disks. This is also why the failure of a single vdev is critical to 
pool availability. 
 
Robert
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