> Using mirrors just makes zfs useless. The whole idea
> is a reliable raid6 storage with snapshots
> features.<br>
> The question is how prevent saturation for one
> volume.</blockquote><div>
><br>What is your current
> zpool format (raidz, raidz2, etc)? Using a mirror
> does not make zfs useless - you can still use all of
> the built-in features of the software. Mirroring your
> drives just makes it a raid1 instead of raid6.<br>

raidz2 array of 8 disks, 2Xquade core, 16G

Yes, it's possible to configure it as 4x2 mirrors with capacity almost 2 time 
less, with reliability also degraded. But since they on the same controller, 
performance of one pool might be dependent on access to another.

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