Edward wrote: > So does that mean ZFS is not for consumer computer? > 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? > > No. It works fine on desktops - I'm writing this on an older Athlon64 with 1GB. Memory pressure does seem to become a bit more of an issue when I'm doing more I/O on the box (which, I'm assuming, is due to the various caches), so for things like compiling, I feel a little cramped.
Personally, (in my experience only), I'd say that ZFS works well for use on the desktop, ASSUMING you dedicate 1GB of RAM to solely the OS (and ZFS). For very heavy I/O work, I think at least 2GB is a better idea. So, size your total memory accordingly. > And it seems ZFS memory usage scales with the amount of HDD space? > I think the more proper thing to say is that ZFS memory usage is relative to the amount of I/O you are doing. Very heavy I/O uses much more RAM. It is not per se connected to total size of the pool. That is, if I've got several TB of disk in a zpool, but I'm doing only 10 op/sec, it will consume much less RAM than if I have a 100GB zpool, but I'm trying to do 1000 ops/sec. -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-123 Phone: x17195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
