> On Nov 7, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Jorgen Lundman <lund...@lundman.net> wrote: > > Richard Elling wrote: > >> >> No, this is a lie. If I upload 50GB of data that compresses or dedups to >> 25GB, then I want to pay for 25GB. >> — richard > > Huh neat. So how far does it stretch though? If I have compression off, you > are happy. What if I use lz4, but gzip-9 would save more, should you get > money back? What is Super-lz4 comes out next year, should you be compensated? > What if I get more active and re-encode your video file with x265 and save > you even more money? I'm fiddling with your bits man! That's totally not cool > (but I'm saving you money!) > > But the best one, that confused me. We have 10G of space (actually it is free > space) and when customers download their 10G backup, and found it took 13G of > local space, they called support to complain. Seriously. Customers are funny. > > But light-heartedness aside, at the end of the day, I am not suggesting ZFS > change quota, I'm not even suggesting you change how you use your quota. But > lets talk about adding the additional feature for those who want it. I > certainly do not want lua in my kernel, but I'm not trying to stop the elders > from adding it :) > > Just because all major "cloud" storage does it the non-ZFS way, doesn't mean > it this way is good, or "right". But it does create a defacto standard, an > industry standard.
Respectfully, you’re changing the subject. We’re talking about quota, not billing. Logicalreferenced is already available for billing. — richard ------------------------------------------- openzfs-developer Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/274414/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/274414/28015062-cce53afa Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=28015062&id_secret=28015062-f966d51c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
