>>>  
>> Treat a pseudo-zvol like you would a slice. 
>
>
> So these new zvol-like things don't support snapshots, etc, right?
> I take it they work by allowing overwriting of the data, correct?
yes, and yes
>
> Are these a zslice?
I suppose we could call them that.  That's better than pseudo-zvol.
"rzvol" has also been suggested.
>
> <aside>
> For those of us who've been swapping to zvols for some time, can
> you describe the failure modes?
> </aside>
>
See bug 6528296 (system hang while zvol swap space shorted).

Lori
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