On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Bill Werner <wer...@cubbyhole.com> wrote:
>>> got it attached to a UPS with very conservative >> shut-down timing. Or >>> are there other host failures aside from power a >> ZIL would be >>> vulnerable too (system hard-locks?)? >> >> Correct, a system hard-lock is another example... > > How about comparing a non-battery backed ZIL to running a ZFS dataset with > sync=disabled. Which is more risky? Disabling the ZIL is always more risky. But more importantly, disabling the ZIL is a policy decision. If the user is happy with that policy, then they should be happy with the consequence. -- richard > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
