Just as a hypothetical (not looking for exact science here folks..), how would ZFS fare (in your educated opinion) in this sitation:
1 - Machine with 8 10k rpm SATA drives. High performance machine of sorts (ie dual proc, etc..let's weed out cpu/memory/bus bandwidth as much as possible from the equation). 2 - Workload is webserving, well - application serving. Java app server 9, various java applications requiring database access (mostly small tables/data elements, but millions and millions of rows). 3 - App server would be running in one zone, with a (NFS) mounted ZFS filesystem as storage. 4 - DB server (PgSQL) would be running in another zone, with a (NFS) mounted ZFS filesystem as storage. 5 - Multiple disk redundancy is needed. So, I'm assuming two raid-z pools of 3 drives each, mirrored is the solution. If people have a better suggestion, tell me! :P 6 - OS will be Sol10U2, OS/Root FS will be installed on mirrored drives, using UFS (my only choice..) Now, please eliminate CPU/RAM from this equation, assume the server has 4 cores of goodness powering it, and 32 gigs of ram. No, running on a ram-disk isn't what I'm asking for. :P * NFS being optional, just curious what the difference would be, as getting a T1000 + building an external storage box is an option. I just can't justify Sun's crazy storage pricing at the moment. How would ZFS perform (educated opinions, I realize I won't be getting exact answers) in this situation. I can't be more specific because I don't have the HW in front of me, I'm trying to get a feel for the "correct" solution before I make huge purchases. If anything else is needed, please feel free to ask! Thanks, David _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
