The path to success for block storage

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The path to success for block storage - Really good advice for a really difficult thing

ZFS does two different things very well. One is storage of large sequentially-written files, such as archives, logs, or data files, where the file does not have the middle bits modified after creation. This is optimal for RAIDZ. It's what most people come to ZFS for, and what a vast majority of the information out there is about. The other is storage of small, randomly written and randomly read data. This includes such things as database storage, virtual machine disk (ESXi VMDK, etc)...

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