Hi Phil You make some interesting points here: -> yes bs=1G was a lazy thing
-> the GNU cp I m using does __not__ appears to use mmap open64 open64 read write close close is the relevant sequence -> replacing cp with dd 128K * 64K does not help no new apps can be launched until the copies complete. Regards banks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss