> -----Original Message----- > From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org > [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Eff Norwood > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 10:26 AM > To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and VMware > > Don't waste your time with something other than the DDRdrive > for NFS ZIL. If it's RAM based it might work, but why risk it > and if it's an SSD forget it. No SSD will work well for the > ZIL long term. Short term the only SSD to consider would be > Intel, but again long term even that will not work out for > you. The 100% write characteristics of the ZIL are an SSDs > worst case scenario especially without TRIM support. We have > tried them all - Samsung, SanDisk, OCZ and none of those > worked out. In particular, anything Sandforce 1500 based was > the worst so avoid those at all costs if you dare to try an > SSD ZIL. Don't. :)
What was the observed behavior with the SF-1500 based SSDs? I was planning to purchase something based on these next year, specifically to be SLOG. -Will _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
