I wanted to build a small back up (maybe also NAS) server using
OpenSolaris and ZFS using consumer drives but after reading a number of
threads and blogs I'm totally confused and was hoping I could get some
questions answered since many people have been using consumer drives
with zfs.
When Z
Using a new email client and didn't notice that I didn't reply to the
list. Since it might be helpful to others here are the missing bits.
On 7/21/2010 5:07 PM, Freddie Cash wrote:
We use the 500 GB versions attached to 3Ware controllers (configured
as Single Disk arrays). They work quite ni
You haven't stated what you intend to use your pc for and what your
requirements are. Without that I don't see how anyone can come up with
an optimal configuration. So... what do you plan to do with your pc?
Do you want the fastest performance and don't care about anything else?
use all SSDs
On 7/23/2010 3:39 AM, tomwaters wrote:
There is alot there to reply to...but I will try and help...
Re. TLER. Do not worry about TLER when using ZFS. ZFS will handle it either way and will
NOT time out and drop the drive...it may wait a long time, but it will not time out and
drop the drive -
On 7/24/2010 8:12 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Russ Price
Good advice - ZFS can use quite a lot of CPU cycles. A low-end AMD
quad-core is
I know "a lot of CPU cycles" is a relative term. But I
