A really smart nexus for dedup is right when archiving takes place.  For
systems like EMC Centera, dedup is basically a byproduct of checksumming.
Two files with similar metadata that have the same hash?  They're identical.

Charles


On 7/7/08 4:25 PM, "Neil Perrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Mertol,
> 
> Yes, dedup is certainly on our list and has been actively
> discussed recently, so there's hope and some forward progress.
> It would be interesting to see where it fits into our customers
> priorities for ZFS. We have a long laundry list of projects.
> In addition there's bug fixes & performance changes that customers
> are demanding.
> 
> Neil.


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