> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Bob Friesenhahn > > It is also worth pointing out that in normal operation the slog is > essentially a write-only device which is only read at boot time. The > writes are assumed to work if the device claims "success". If the log > device fails to read (oops!), then a mirror would be quite useful.
An excellent point. BTW, does the system *ever* read from the log device during normal operation? Such as perhaps during a scrub? It really would be nice to detect failure of log devices in advance, that are claiming to write correctly, but which are really unreadable. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
