> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Rich Teer > > Not such a silly question. :-) The USB1 port was indeed the source of > much of the bottleneck. The same 50 MB file system took only 8 seconds > to copy when I plugged the drive into a USB 2.0 card I had in the machine!
50 Mbit/sec > An 80 GB file system took 2 hours with the USB 2 port in use, with 88 Mbit/sec. > True, but the SB1000 only supports 2GB of RAM IIRC! I'll soon be > migrating this machine's duties to an Ultra 20 M2. A faster CPU > and 4 GB should make an noticable improvement (not to mention, on > board USB 2.0 ports). 4G is also lightweight, unless you're not doing much of anything. No dedup, no L2ARC, just simple pushing bits around. No services running... Just ssh I don't understand why so many people are building systems with insufficient ram these days. I don't put less than 8G into a personal laptop anymore... _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
