I understand now. So each vol's available space is reporting it's reservation and whatever is still available in the pool.
I appreciate the explanation. Thank you! > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Andres Noriega > <andres.nori...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, I have a question about the zfs list > output. I created a large zpool and then carved out > 1TB volumes (zfs create -V 1T vtl_pool/lun##). > Looking at the zfs list output, I'm a little thrown > off by the AVAIL amount. Can anyone clarify for me > why it is saying 2T? > > You have a 16T zpool, and have created 15x 1T zvols, > leaving 1T free. > Each zvol is mostly unused, so it has 1T available in > its > refreservation, and an additional 1T available from > the zpool. > > The zvols won't actually hold 2T, because they were > created with 1T of > space. The space beyond 1T can be used for snapshots > though. > > -B > > -- > Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ss > -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
