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There was an implication in your statement that volume level was the level of granularity, yeah? I’m noting that during on volume wide dedup can have the con t

• Dylan16807 2y ago
  Note: I assume volume means pool? > There was an implication in your statement that volume level was the level of granularity, yeah? There was an implication that the volume level was the level of granularity for adding parity. But that was not the implication for "another backup of your most important files". > I’m noting that during on volume wide dedup can have the con that you can’t choose (but it looks like you can!) to manually duplicate data. You can't choose just by copying files around, but it's pretty easy to set copies=2 on specific directories. And I'd say that's generally a better option, because it keeps your copies up to date at all times. Just make sure snapshots are happening, and files in there will be very safe. Manual duplication is the worst kind of duplication, so while it's good to warn people that it won't work with dedup on, actually losing the ability is not a big deal when you look at the variety of alternatives. It only tips the balance in situations where dedup is near-useless to start with.