Yes, set the block size to 8K, to avoid a read-modify-write cycle inside ZFS.
As you suggest, using a separate mirror for the transaction log will only be useful if you're on different disks -- otherwise you will be forcing the disk head to move back and forth between slices each time you write. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss