> On 12/09/06, Celso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...you split one disk in two. you then have > effectively two partitions which you can then create > a new mirrored zpool with. Then everything is > mirrored. Correct? > > Everything in the filesystems in the pool, yes. > > > With ditto blocks, you can selectively add copies > (seeing as how filesystem are so easy to create on > zfs). If you are only concerned with copies of your > important documents and email, why should /usr/bin be > mirrored. > > So my machine will boot if a disk fails. Which > happened the other day :) > > -- > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns > http://number9.hellooperator.net/ > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ss > ok cool.
I think it has already been said that in many peoples experience, when a disk fails, it completely fails. Especially on laptops. Of course ditto blocks wouldn't help you in this situation either! I still think that silent data corruption is a valid concern, one that ditto blocks would solve. Also, I am not thrilled about losing that much space for duplication of unneccessary data (caused by partitioning a disk in two). I also echo Darren's comments on zfs performing better when it has the whole disk. Hopefully we can agree that you lose nothing by adding this feature, even if you personally don't see a need for it. Celso This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
