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Re:Linus: Don't Use ZFS by the8472 on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:46PM (#22013802)
ZFS wanted to have that too (the mythical block pointer rewrite) but it never happend, instead they add clunky workarounds like indirection tables for.
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Re:Linus: Don't Use ZFS by p_l on Saturday January 11, 2020 @02:22PM (#22021746)
It was treated more like "ok, yet another person complaining about it - here's what you need to implement, and why you won't".

The indirection tables are survivable for fixing short term mistakes, though.

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