> So, IMHO, a cheap consumer ssd used as a zil may still be worth it (for > some use cases) to narrow the window of data loss from ~30 seconds to a > sub-second value. There are lots of reasons to enable the ZIL now- I can throw four very inexpensive SSD's in there now in a pair of mirrors, and then when a better drive comes along I can replace each half of the mirror without bringing anything down. My slots are already allocated and it would be nice to save a few extra seconds of writes- just in case. It's not a great solution- but nothing is. I don't have access to a ZEUS- and even if I did- I wouldn't pay that kind of money for what amounts to a Vertex 2 Pro but with SLC flash.
I'm kind of flabbergasted that no one has simply stuck a capacitor on a more reasonable drive. I guess the market just isn't big enough- but I find that hard to believe. Right now it seems like the options are all or nothing. There's just no %^$#^ middle ground. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
