David Christensen wrote: > On 8/10/21 8:04 AM, Leandro Noferini wrote: > > https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS > > > But: > > - ZFS wants lots of memory. The rule of thumb is 5 GB of memory for every 1 > TB of storage.
This is a myth. > - ECC memory is safer than non-ECC memory. This is true, but there is nothing that makes ZFS more dangerous than another filesystem using non-ECC memory. > - Consider getting two HDD's and creating a mirror. Generally a good idea. > - "compression=on" is lightweight and generally useful. Also a good idea. > - "dedup" is heavyweight, slow on HDD's (due to seek latency), and not > recommended for general workloads. Not stated strongly enough. Nobody should turn on dedup; people who think they are experimenting should definitely not turn on dedup; only people who have a completely sacrificial system and a good knowledge of the data to be stored should consider dedup. > - Consider getting a NAS or an entry-level server. A Raspberry Pi with two disks *is* a NAS or an entry-level server. It's not an awesome one, but it is certainly a cheap one and useful for many purposes. -dsr-
