>>>> Performance doesn't seem to be one of ZFS's strong points. Is it >>>> considered suitable for a high-performance server? >>> >>> ZFS is one of the fastest FS I am aware of (if not the fastest). >>> You need a sufficient amount of RAM to make the ARC useful. >> >> How much RAM is that? > > 1G of RAM per 1TB of data is the recommendation. > > For de-duped data, it is considerably more, something on the order of 6G > of RAM per 1TB of data.
Well, my entire server uses only about 50GB so I guess I'm OK with the host's minimum of 16GB RAM. - Grant
