Does ZFS currently attempt to group metadata in large sector-ranges
on the disk? Can this be expected to happen "automagically" - i.e.
during each TXG close we have to COW-update whole branches of the
blockpointer tree, so these new blocks might "just happen" to always
coalesce into larger sector
Hi Nikhil,
take a look at the output from 'zpool history'. You should get/see all
the
information you need to be able to recreate your configuration.
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gdswe?a=view
Cheers,
Henrik
On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Nikhil wrote:
Hey ZFS experts,
Where i
Hey ZFS experts,
Where is the ZFS metadata stored under? Can it be viewed through some commands?
Here is my requirement: I have a machine with lots of ZFS filesystems on it
under couple of zpools and there is this another new machine with empty disks,
what I want now is the similar layout of th
My guess is that you're looking for the on-disk format document:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/ondiskformat0822.pdf
If you're more interested in the user-visible metadata (e.g. the settings for
pools and filesystems), then you'd probably have to dig through the various
manu
Have you read the "ZFS On-Disk Specification"??
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/
Or are you trying to find something specific??
Rayson
On Dec 3, 2007 5:31 PM, Michael A Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Can someone point me to a whitepaper, blog, or other document tha
Can someone point me to a whitepaper, blog, or other document that
discusses ZFS' metadata structure and properties?
Thanks,
Michael
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