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1. Christopher Allan Webber

   Hit an inode(?) limit ("too many links") error on my ext3 backup drive. One more reason for me to switch all my stuff over to ZFS... :\

   about a year ago from web at Chicago, Illinois, United States
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     sazius

     @cwebber Interesting, did you do anything special? Some backup software makes multiple snapshots by hardlinking, could that be it?

     about a year ago
   • Christopher Allan Webber sazius

     That's exactly it, and it's failing in backing up my ~/Maildir

     about a year ago
   • Christopher Allan Webber

     Granted, the Maildir is an experiment in switching away from gnus nnml :)

     about a year ago
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     sazius

     @cwebber OK, I wonder when my backup drive is going to give me trouble. I've a similar setup. Although it might be ext4, though...

     about a year ago
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     Kevin Granade

     @cwebber I think http://ur1.ca/9iw0x should be required reading for anyone thinking about migrating to zfs. tl;dr it's not all rosy in zfs.

     about a year ago
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   • Christopher Allan Webber Kevin Granade

     That's an interesting read, thanks!

     about a year ago