Why does `zfs list` and `zpool list` report very different sizes for my raidz2 pools?
I'm surprised you have such a large setup. Did you build this array? This is potentially a bad arrangement for performance due to the pool design.
Either way, the zpool
man page explains this. zfs list
will show your usable space. The zpool
list shows parity space as storage space.
used Amount of storage space used within the pool.
The space usage properties report actual physical space available to the storage pool. The physical
space can be different from the total amount of space that any contained datasets can actually use.
The amount of space used in a raidz configuration depends on the characteristics of the data being
written. In addition, ZFS reserves some space for internal accounting that the zfs(8) command takes
into account, but the zpool command does not. For non-full pools of a reasonable size, these effects
should be invisible. For small pools, or pools that are close to being completely full, these dis-
crepancies may become more noticeable.