Quick ZFS mirroring question for non-mirrored pool

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Sun, 16 May 2010 14:01:51 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd at jdc.parodius.com> wrote:

> * As has been proven time and time again, MTBF means jack squat since
>   it's all hypothetical (mathematically calculated based on fab tests).
>   Drives will fail no matter what; that's the entire reason people are
>   using ZFS to begin with.  ;-)
> 

Hear, hear!  I bought a supposedly server-grade SATA drive from Samsung
a few years ago.  Within a few weeks the spindle broke.  I'd never seen
that before and was totally flabbergasted.  Who'd expect the spindle to
break?

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Gary Jennejohn