>> >> I think, with current bits, it's not a simple matter >> of "ok for >> enterprise, not ok for desktops". with an ssd for >> either main storage >> or l2arc, and/or enough memory, and/or a not very >> demanding workload, it >> seems to be ok. > > > The main problem is not performance (for a home server is not a > problem)... but what really is a BIG PROBLEM is when you try to delete a > snapshot a little big... (try yourself...create a big random file with 90 > Gb of data... then snapshot... then delete the file and delete the > snapshot....you will see)... and better... try removing the SSD disk. just > out of curiosity... my test sytem (8 Gb ram)... takes over 30 hours to > delete a dataset of 1.7 TB (still not finished...)... and the system does > not respond (is working but does not respond... not even a simple "ls" > command) > --
Hold on a sec. I have been lurking in this thread for a while for various reasons and only now does a thought cross my mind worth posting : Are you saying that a reasonably fast computer with 8GB of memory is entirely non-responsive due to a ZFS related function? Does the machine respond to ping? If there is a gui does the mouse pointer move? Does the keyboard numlock key respond at all ? I just find it very hard to believe that such a situation could exist as I have done some *abusive* tests on a SunFire X4100 with Sun 6120 fibre arrays ( in HA config ) and I could not get it to become a warm brick like you describe. How many processors does your machine have ? -- Dennis Clarke dcla...@opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dcla...@blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
