Re: [zfs-discuss] questions about block sizes

2008-04-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Mario, Mario Goebbels wrote: >> ZFS can use block sizes up to 128k. If the data is compressed, then >> this size will be larger when decompressed. >> > > ZFS allows you to use variable blocksizes (sized a power of 2 from 512 > to 128k), and as far as I know, a compressed block is put into

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions about block sizes

2008-04-20 Thread Mario Goebbels
> ZFS can use block sizes up to 128k. If the data is compressed, then > this size will be larger when decompressed. ZFS allows you to use variable blocksizes (sized a power of 2 from 512 to 128k), and as far as I know, a compressed block is put into the smallest fitting one. -mg ___

[zfs-discuss] questions about block sizes

2008-04-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, ZFS can use block sizes up to 128k. If the data is compressed, then this size will be larger when decompressed. So, can the decompressed data be larger than 128k? If so, does this also hold for metadata? In other words, can I have a 128k block on the disk with, for instance, indirect block