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Etienne Dechamps 34037afe24 Improve ZVOL queue behavior.
The Linux block device queue subsystem exposes a number of configurable
settings described in Linux block/blk-settings.c. The defaults for these
settings are tuned for hard drives, and are not optimized for ZVOLs. Proper
configuration of these options would allow upper layers (I/O scheduler) to
take better decisions about write merging and ordering.

Detailed rationale:

 - max_hw_sectors is set to unlimited (UINT_MAX). zvol_write() is able to
   handle writes of any size, so there's no reason to impose a limit. Let the
   upper layer decide.

 - max_segments and max_segment_size are set to unlimited. zvol_write() will
   copy the requests' contents into a dbuf anyway, so the number and size of
   the segments are irrelevant. Let the upper layer decide.

 - physical_block_size and io_opt are set to the ZVOL's block size. This
   has the potential to somewhat alleviate issue #361 for ZVOLs, by warning
   the upper layers that writes smaller than the volume's block size will be
   slow.

 - The NONROT flag is set to indicate this isn't a rotational device.
   Although the backing zpool might be composed of rotational devices, the
   resulting ZVOL often doesn't exhibit the same behavior due to the COW
   mechanisms used by ZFS. Setting this flag will prevent upper layers from
   making useless decisions (such as reordering writes) based on incorrect
   assumptions about the behavior of the ZVOL.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
2012-02-07 16:23:06 -08:00
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AUTHORS Add "ashift" property to zpool create 2011-06-17 16:35:49 -07:00
autogen.sh Make autogen.sh executable 2011-07-26 10:15:35 -07:00
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configure Improve ZVOL queue behavior. 2012-02-07 16:23:06 -08:00
configure.ac Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 19:14:23 -08:00
COPYING Relocate COPYING+COPYRIGHT, remove README cruft 2008-12-01 15:34:53 -08:00
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Makefile.am Add the release component to headers 2012-01-18 12:19:47 -08:00
Makefile.in Improve ZVOL queue behavior. 2012-02-07 16:23:06 -08:00
META Prep zfs-0.6.0-rc6 tag 2011-10-06 14:10:45 -07:00
OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE Add CDDL license file 2008-12-01 14:49:34 -08:00
PKGBUILD-zfs-modules.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 19:14:23 -08:00
PKGBUILD-zfs.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 19:14:23 -08:00
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zfs_config.h.in Improve ZVOL queue behavior. 2012-02-07 16:23:06 -08:00
zfs-modules.spec.in Fix rpm dependencies 2012-01-18 12:19:52 -08:00
zfs-script-config.sh.in Unconditionally load core kernel modules 2010-11-11 11:38:25 -08:00
ZFS.RELEASE Update to onnv_147 2010-08-26 14:24:34 -07:00
zfs.spec.in Fix rpm dependencies 2012-01-18 12:19:52 -08:00

Native ZFS for Linux! ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris. It has been successfully ported to FreeBSD and now there is a functional Linux ZFS kernel port too. The port currently includes a fully functional and stable SPA, DMU, and ZVOL with a ZFS Posix Layer (ZPL) on the way!

$ ./configure
$ make pkg

Full documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org