On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:55:15PM -0600, Al Hopper wrote: > Hi Brian, > > I tried running with one 146Gb 15k SAS disk for Zil and a 2nd > (identical) disk for L2ARC and it turns out to be a "bad" use of that > hardware. "Bad" is a highly subjective assessment, based on the type > of workload you're running and your expectations - but, for my money, > those disks would be better utilized as another zfs mirror - or as > members of a stipe as you've specified above. There is also the bug > with removing the drives from the zpool if you change your mind (you > can only remove the cache drive right now IIRC).
Ok, so partitioning the OS install disk to leave some for the ZIL is still not a good idea? You can remove ZIL though, right? > IMHO it makes more sense to add RAM to the system (if possible) in > order to get the best performance from ZFS - or wait until the > price/performance of SSDs make them a compelling buy. Yeah, I can't wait for SSDs that I can actually afford. :) -brian -- "Coding in C is like sending a 3 year old to do groceries. You gotta tell them exactly what you want or you'll end up with a cupboard full of pop tarts and pancake mix." -- IRC User (http://www.bash.org/?841435) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
