On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Tonmaus <sequoiamo...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried what dedup does on a test dataset that I have filled with 372 GB > of partly redundant data. I have used snv_133. All in all, it was successful. > The net data volume was only 120 GB. Destruction of the dataset finally took > a while, but without any compromise of anything else. > > After this successful test I am planning to use dedup productively soon. > > Regards, > > Tonmaus > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
120GB isn't a large enough test. Do what you will, but there have now been at least a dozen reports of people locking up their 7000 series, and X4500/X4540's by enabling de-dupe on large datasets. Myself included. Check CR 6924390 for updates (if any) -- Brent Jones br...@servuhome.net _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
