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Re:Summary of ZFS on Linux for Debian by j00lz on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @05:14PM (#8293207)
The worst case with ZFS and ram corruption is that you can lose your ENTIRE Zpool. As there are no zfs recovery tools available this means your data is as good as gone or a minimum 15k spend to get it re-assembled.

This makes it far more risky to run ZFS with non server grade parts.

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Re:Summary of ZFS on Linux for Debian by ryao on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @09:04PM (#8294341)
It is possible for this to happen with other filesystems too. The only thing is that when it happens with another filesystem, it is not news.
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Re:Summary of ZFS on Linux for Debian by j00lz on Sunday September 14, 2014 @06:33AM (#8314937)
It becomes the news as there are no recovery tools available for ZFS as there are with most other file systems. Meaning that the possibility of losing ALL data due to ram corruption becomes a real threat.
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