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How does ZFS copy on write work for large files

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Let's say I have a large file (8GB) called example.log on ZFS. I do cp example.log example.bak to make a copy. Then I add or modify a few bytes in original file. What will happen? Will ZFS copy the entire 8GB file or only the blocks that changed (and all the chain of inodes pointing from the file descriptor to that block)?
Asked by HubertNNN (203 rep)
Jan 17, 2020, 01:21 PM
Last activity: Aug 14, 2024, 05:21 PM