Even better would be using the ZFS block checksums (assuming we are only summing the data, not it's position or time :)...
Then we could have two files that have 90% the same blocks, and still get some dedup value... ;) Nathan. Charles Soto wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
