2009/10/23 michael schuster <michael.schus...@sun.com>:
> Stathis Kamperis wrote:
>>
>> Salute.
>>
>> I have a filesystem where I store various source repositories (cvs +
>> git). I have compression enabled on and zfs get compressratio reports
>> 1.46x. When I copy all the stuff to another filesystem without
>> compression, the data take up _less_ space (3.5GB vs 2.5GB). How's
>> that possible ?
>
> just a few thoughts:
> - how do you measure how much space your data consumes?
With zfs list, under the 'USED' column. du(1) gives the same results
as well (the individual fs sizes aren't enterily identical with those
that zfs list reports , but the difference still exists).

tank/sources               3.73G   620G  3.73G  /export/sources
  <--- compressed
tank/test                  2.32G   620G  2.32G  /tank/test
      <--- uncompressed

> - how do you copy?
With cp(1). Should I be using zfs send | zfs receive ?

> - is the other FS also ZFS?
Yes. And they both live under the same pool.

If it matters, I don't have any snapshots on neither of the filesystems.

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,
Stathis Kamperis
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