> 3. Should I consider using dedup if my server has only 8Gb of RAM? Or, > will that not be enough to hold the DDT? In which case, should I add > L2ARC / ZIL or am I better to just skip using dedup on a home file > server?
As Cindy said, skip dedup for now. It's not stable (enough). Try to destroy a dataset with dedup enabled and lots of deduped data, and zfs may hang for hours or days before it lets you back in. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss