On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Matthew Ahrens wrote:
So from a user perspective isn't it a little bit confusing as he
managed to write more data than he thinks he is allowed to.
Pleasant surprises tend to be tolerated :-)
Until it comes time to back that data up. It is conceivable for users
to create a "DOS" for the backup system by intentionally creating many
huge files which compress perfectly with ZFS, but not so perfectly for
backup (assuming that backup even supports compression).
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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