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    • Get Insight into ZFS Benefits for Your Infrastructure
      Starwind • raid zfs snapshots deduplication raidz • • Oksana  

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      @Obsolesce You can watch it on Starwind YouTube channel.
    • StarWind Free Webinar: ZFS Benefits for Your Infrastructure
      Starwind • starwind zfs deduplication raidz • • Oksana  

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      Syncoid To usb retention policy ZFS?
      IT Discussion • linux storage zfs sanoid syncoid • • killmasta93  

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      Thanks for the reply, the issue is that sanoid.conf does not send the snapshot to the usb but syncoid does, or does having that template automatic prune the snapshots?
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      Deciding Between Hardware and Software RAID in My FreeNAS Deployment
      IT Discussion • storage raid freebsd zfs freenas software raid hardware raid • • saniplastic  

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      @matteo-nunziati said in Deciding Between Hardware and Software RAID in My FreeNAS Deployment: @saniplastic said in Deciding Between Hardware and Software RAID in My FreeNAS Deployment: @DustinB3403 said in Deciding Between Hardware and Software RAID in My FreeNAS Deployment: metadata metadata? please explain more. The config files where the vm is defined. Do not backup the vm disk only. I suppose he referes to this. I backup with veeam. whole vm files.
    • UNIX: ZFS
      IT Discussion • linux storage unix raid sam linux administration freebsd bsd lvm zfs software raid solaris logical volume managers file system • • scottalanmiller  

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      Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?
      IT Discussion • zfs btrfs compression xfs ext4 • • Pete.S  

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      @scottalanmiller said in Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?: @dafyre said in Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?: @scottalanmiller said in Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?: @dafyre said in Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?: @scottalanmiller said in Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?: @dafyre said in Transparent compression on folders in EXT4/XFS etc?: Edit: I'm going to put my Zabbix instance on it later and see how it does. Databases should not be compressed! Details as to why databases should not be compressed? Basically because they are always open and written to incrementally. They aren't loaded and rewriteen like most files are. And they tend to be very large, so a very intensive usage pattern. True. But this compression is being done on the Host OS, not inside the Zabbix VM. I wonder what kind of strangeness this can cause. I don't have a lot of traffic on this particular server. That doesn't affect anything. Compression is compression. I'll find out what kind of performance hits I take with it on ZFS. So far, I'm seeing some nice space savings and no problems with anything else.
    • What is ZRAID and Is It Related to ZFS
      IT Discussion • raid zfs raidz xraid • • scottalanmiller  

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    • Common Myths We Hear from the FreeNAS Community
      IT Discussion • storage zfs freenas • • scottalanmiller  

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      Way more discussion about this thread in this other thread: https://mangolassi.it/topic/19657/revisiting-zfs-and-freenas-in-2019
    • OpenZFS on Windows
      News • windows zfs filesystem openzfs • • mlnews  

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      Could be interesting.
    • ZFS on Linux 0.7 Arrives with New Features
      News • linux phoronix zfs filesystems • • mlnews  

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      Extend ZFS zpool Volume Size Without Any Data Loss
      IT Discussion • freebsd zfs freenas zpool • • Ghani  

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      @Ghani said in Extend ZFS zpool Volume Size Without Any Data Loss: @scottalanmiller yes rsync not a backup solutions So in a "read back" mode, this tells us that the data stored here isn't important so there isn't really anything to worry about. If you do the expansion and it causes data loss, they can't be upset as they don't see value in the data. This also tells us that the servers shouldn't be there, because if they aren't backed up and they aren't a caching system then you shouldn't have them at all. So there is clearly something wrong.
    • ZFS is Perfectly Safe on Hardware RAID
      IT Discussion • linux storage ubuntu unix raid freebsd bsd zfs freenas solaris hardware raid filesystems trueos openzfs truenas • • scottalanmiller  

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      @tjatwood109 said in ZFS is Perfectly Safe on Hardware RAID: @scottalanmiller Thanks - I will proceed without using ZFS - I prefer hardware RAID. Tim ZFS is perfectly fine with hardware RAID, if you like ZFS' features otherwise (like zsend is nice) then there's no reason to avoid it. If you don't plan to use any unique features, then XFS is my "go to" choice by default. Very fast, very stable.
    • Rebuild Time on a 96 Drive RAID 7 Array (RAIDZ3)
      IT Discussion • storage raid zfs software raid raidz parity raid raid f raidz3 thumper • • scottalanmiller  

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      @dafyre said in Rebuild Time on a 96 Drive RAID 7 Array (RAIDZ3): @scottalanmiller said in Rebuild Time on a 96 Drive RAID 7 Array (RAIDZ3): @travisdh1 said in Rebuild Time on a 96 Drive RAID 7 Array (RAIDZ3): Seems like the perfect case to use RAIN, even if it's within a single system enclosure. @StarWind_Software LSFS, I'm looking at you. @KOOLER I am right in thinking this is the sort of thing LSFS could handle, right? RAIN in a single enclosure rarely does anything that RAID 10 does not. It's effectively all the same at that point (more or less.) If RAID 10 doesn't work, RAIN isn't going to work either (normally.) The issue here is "single enclosure." Wouldn't a properly configured single RAIN node make it easier to grow when it's time to add more storage? I've seen this with Exablox and it was a nice feature! Yes, if you are preparing for scale out. But if you are just doing it within the context of a single node, it doesn't change anything.
    • Sanoid with ZFS Allows for Recovering from Big Mistakes
      News • zfs sanoid • • mlnews  

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      I think that it is just ZFS automation.
    • ZFS Coming to Linux Near You
      News • linux zfs solaris linux journal • • mlnews  

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      Sure, mentioned it only for completeness.
    • ZFS has Entered the Debian Linux Repos
      News • linux softpedia debian zfs • • mlnews  

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      Remember, the issue is NOT a violation of the ZFS licensing, it is a violation (supposedly) of the Linux licensing. It is Linux being violated, not ZFS according to the FSF.
    • Installing FreeNAS 9.3 on Scale HC3
      IT Discussion • scale scale hc3 freebsd ntg lab zfs freenas freenas 9.3 • • scottalanmiller  

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      @BBigford said in Installing FreeNAS 9.3 on Scale HC3: When you say "in a business capacity"... Do you mean any business or just certain sizes? What is the reasoning? I know you think the FreeNAS community can be very brash/vile at times based on some of your earlier posts to people asking about FN. http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/07/the-jurassic-park-effect/ Basically you are getting a highly stateful system where support is critical but in a crippled manner compared to just using FreeBSD. You are getting something easy to set up but difficult to support. If anything goes wrong you are in very tough shape. And updates come a bit behind. So you have a number of small issues that all add up to a not very business friendly product.
    • How to Geek on Why Ubuntu 16.04 Makes Ubuntu Exciting Again
      News • linux ubuntu linux desktop zfs unity openzfs howtogeek snappy • • mlnews  

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    • FSF States Again that ZFS Cannot Be Released with Linux
      News • linux ubuntu open source zfs canonical openzfs gpl free software foundation • • mlnews  

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      Could it be going into the nonfree repository and getting a separate license agreement to accept? Canonical made Ubuntu a household name by including other things like this. Anyone else remember having to mess with codecs?
    • Ubuntu is Partnering with Nexenta to Improve ZFS on Linux
      News • linux ubuntu softpedia zfs canonical opensolaris openzfs nexenta • • mlnews  

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    • ZFS on Ubuntu Violates GPLv2 According to SFC
      News • linux ubuntu licensing zfs ubuntu 16.04 canonical the register openzfs sfc cddl • • mlnews  

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      @wirestyle22 said: Do you think this inclusion is worth a legal battle should one ensue? Hard to say, it's a marketing ploy. How much it convinces people based on the Cult of ZFS thing, is unknown. ZFS has a quite religious following, no real technical reason to exist on Linux, so Canonical's play here is to attract that crowd. Whether it is worth it or not, hard to say.
    • ZFS on Ubuntu LTS 16 04 in April
      IT Discussion • linux storage ubuntu zfs ubuntu 16.04 • • DustinB3403  

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      http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/26/canonical_in_zfsonlinux_gpl_violation_spat/
    • Ubuntu and ZFS
      News • ubuntu zfs • • stacksofplates  

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      @wirestyle22 said: Question: Isn't the advantage of ZFS modern advances like striping, device pooling, block level CRC, etc? Simple answer: no. Many of those things are equally negatives. Why would you want striping or device pooling in your filesystem?
    • Linux: Common Filesystems
      IT Discussion • linux sam linux administration zfs filesystem btrfs xfs ext4 ext3 jfs ext2 reiserfs • • scottalanmiller  

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      @Dashrender said: Right, but when you're working with files that large - why bother storing them in a VM - just st.... OK yeah, that goes against the standard practice now.. so we need a VM, even if the whole host is a VM - welp, I guess your stuck with XFS Pretty much. EXT4 is pretty silly for a server of any size, which is why even for desktops RHEL is XFS by default and EXT4 only as an option for advanced users. EXT4's days are pretty much over.
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      Missing ZFS storage
      IT Discussion • storage zfs filesystems • • marcinozga  

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      Not really. I'll do it in a few years when it's time to upgrade disks. But most of that will end up in Amazon Cloud Drive soon.
    • Canonical Announces that Ubuntu Will Include ZFS Filesystem
      News • linux ubuntu zfs filesystem • • mlnews  

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      @DustinB3403 said: Scott have you ever looked at this, http://zfsonlinux.org/ Quite a bit
    • ZFS Based Storage for Medium VMWare Workload
      SAM-SD • storage virtualization raid zfs filesystems • • donaldlandru  

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      I would recommend looking at StarWind SA for example. That solution fits your requirements perfectly, it will also provide you with HA storage that will ensure the business continuity. As for support, they offer a single point of contact no matter what issue you face, plus the system will be shipped to your site fully preconfigured and pretested.
    • Growing a ZFS ZPool on FreeNAS, FreeBSD or Solaris on Hardware RAID
      IT Discussion • storage raid freebsd zfs freenas solaris opensolaris • • scottalanmiller  

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      The FreeNAS community really shows just how important it is to avoid products like FreeNAS. It's built on good tech, but the issues are that the community is horrible, only tiny non-storage expert shops use it and it is broadly misunderstood. FreeNAS doesn't make any of the technology, they just repackage it. So the vendor and their community all lack the basic knowledge of what they have and the stuff that they repeat just gets worse and worse. If this was the FreeBSD community, talking about the same technologies, the answers and approaches would be completely different. Enterprises use FreeBSD every day. They do not use FreeNAS. Once you limit yourself to a "non-expert" product, the idea of using a community for assistance causes a breakdown in dangerous ways.
    • RAID Time Warp
      IT Discussion • raid zfs raid 5 raidz • • scottalanmiller  

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      @MattSpeller said: Learned a lot about RAID from you, it's been fun to learn! Now can you teach me how to get a job as a hardware monkey? Grab a sledge hammer
    • FreeNAS setup help?
      IT Discussion • storage unix freebsd zfs freenas cifs • • Mike Ralston  

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      This one was an easy fix, but that the issue exists at all is a fragility unique to FreeNAS that does not exist if you only use FreeBSD: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/911053-freenas-database-corrupt