Michael DexterCandidate topic for Thursday's #OpenZFS production users call: Application-specific data quiescence.
My cards are on the table and I'd love to see yours!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yXmZIHXHI9h_EruEX39BPS-nyrpS9JpaLGcVjInxi_U/edit
OpenZFS Data Quiescence
OpenZFS snapshots provide excellent atomicity… provided your on-disk data is in a stable, quiesced state. Application data quiescence varies widely by application in obvious and subtle ways. ‘sync=always’ at all levels of the storage stack may not be adequate, notably for databases and virtual ma...