Re: [zfs-discuss] Separate Log Devices

2011-06-07 Thread Christopher George
> The guide suggests that the zil be sized to 1/2 the amount of ram in the > server which would be 1GB. The ZFS Best Practices Guide does detail the absolute maximum size the ZIL can grow in theory, which as you stated is 1/2 the size of the host's physical memory. But in practice, the very next

[zfs-discuss] Separate Log Devices

2011-06-07 Thread Karl Rossing
The server I have currently have only has 2GB of ram. At some point, I will be adding more ram to the server but I'm not sure when. I want to add a mirrored zil. I have 2 Intel 32GB SSDSA2SH032G1GN drives As such, I have been reading the ZFS Best Practices Guide http://www.solarisinternals.com/