Hello Jeff,

Monday, April 27, 2009, 9:12:26 AM, you wrote:

>> ZFS blocksize is dynamic, power of 2, with a max size == recordsize.

JB> Minor clarification: recordsize is restricted to powers of 2, but
JB> blocksize is not -- it can be any multiple of sector size (512 bytes).
JB> For small files, this matters: a 37k file is stored in a 37k block.

JB> For larger, multi-block files, the size of each block is indeed a
JB> power of 2 (simplifies the math a bit).

which is a consequence of recordsize being a power of 2 and
multi-block files usually (always?) will have a block size equvalent
to recordsize value.

Has the issue with tail block been fixed yet?


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Best regards,
 Robert Milkowski
                                       http://milek.blogspot.com

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