comments on newfs raw disk ? Safe ? (7 terabyte array)

[Randy Bush]

> Also remember that filling a filesystem to capacity _while_ it is
> being snapshotted will lock your system up[1].  I suppose some
> interesting crash loops could arise from this bug on a near full
> filesystem that someone is unlucky enough to background fsck.
> 
> I think that FreeBSD needs to address the default implementation
> of background fsck in general.  UFS2 snapshots are dangerous and
> unstable, and have been since their introduction in 5.x [2].

first, this smells of fud.

second, this is not a problem for me.  as the 4tb drive is the
target of everyone else's dump/restore, i do not intend to snapshot
it and dump it live.

rasndh