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ZFS: IO Scheduler

That is one point that always was really difficult for me to understand about the implementation of ZFS. The writes in ZFS are done in transaction groups, and have lower priorities than reads. Ok, but seems to me that we have a well defined 'write cycle', and not the same ...
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ZFS vs AVS

One of the best posts about ZFS IMHO is the Rampant Layering Violation from JB. Well, that said... yesterday i was working in my project, and was not nice to see that Sun StorageTek Availability Suite (AVS) (like an OpenSolaris project), is not working on OpenSolaris (as an Operating System/Distribution). I ...
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OpenSolaris: losting devices…

That was not the first time i did see this, and i'm sure will not be the last. So i will leave here for future references... After a restart, one OpenSolaris host (2009.06 dev), the link /dev/msglog was gone. Many services in maintenance state, but no problem just recreate it... ...
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Colorado, doente!

Sexta-feira passada (03/04), eu já estava com muita febre, e dor de cabeça. Quando no sábado, acordo com o corpo coberto de manchas vermelhas, e junto com a febre alta, um vivente dos pampas me telefona (bêbado), perguntando se eu não estava comemorando o centenário colorado?! Aí tudo fez sentido. ...
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Will die, or diversify?

It's absolutely fantastic how the internet did change the world. I know, that is 'blah', and so what? Ok, but my point is: 'The internet is being used and is influencing some business that i think two or three years ago nobody would imagine'. The authorship is one example... ...
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