Edward wrote:
> So does that mean ZFS is not for consumer computer?

Not at all. "Consumer" computers are plenty powerful enough
to use ZFS with.


> If ZFS require 4GB of Ram for operation, that means i will
> need  8GB+ Ram if i were to use Photoshop or any other memory
> intensive application?

ZFS doesn't require 4Gb of ram. That's merely a recommendation
of the amount you might want installed in your system - a subtle
difference :-)

> And it seems ZFS memory usage scales with the amount of HDD space?

I'm not quite sure how to address this, could you re-phrase
your question please?

You might find this wiki page useful
http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Configuration_Guide,
along with the others that it points to.


James C. McPherson
--
Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp       http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
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