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Lecture on OpenZFS read and write code paths

If you are interested in ZFS this is the absolute must see video (which is actually a lecture) from Matt Ahrens (one of the two original ZFS creators): Matt Ahrens – Lecture on OpenZFS read and write code paths

Posted on June 19, 2016 at 6:02 pm by sergeyt · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: ZFS

Expanding ZFS rpool in Solaris 10

I was really bad at googling the steps to grow ZFS rpool online without using zpool append, so here is my little story how I’ve done it. Before I begin, please, note that everything said below applies only to the configurations where rpool consumes a whole disk. If there is another partition sitting right after […]

Posted on November 28, 2015 at 10:02 pm by sergeyt · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: SAN, Solaris, ZFS

ZFS RAIDZ stripe width explained

Frankly speaking, dynamic stripping part of ZFS was never clearly understood by me, until I came across the following article by Matt Ahrens – http://blog.delphix.com/matt/2014/06/06/zfs-stripe-width/. Really worth reading.

Posted on November 3, 2014 at 4:02 pm by sergeyt · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: ZFS