On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 07:58:42AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes. two caveats though. ZFS is a COW filesystem, currently with no > defrag. Placing heavy write (vmware is) on this type of storage > (especially, but not only if you are planning on using snapshots) you will > tend to see diminishing performance over time. Do not allow the ZFS > partition to become over 80% full -- performance hits a wall hard with the > kind of write profile you are going to expect with vmware as zfs looks for > free blocks. > > test test test.
Also, it it *highly* recommended that you get a fast slog device like the Gigabyte iRAM or at least some very fast SSDs. If you are going to be using VirtualCenter you might want to consider testing iSCSI volumes against NFS to see if that works better for your planned workload. -brian -- "Coding in C is like sending a 3 year old to do groceries. You gotta tell them exactly what you want or you'll end up with a cupboard full of pop tarts and pancake mix." -- IRC User (http://www.bash.org/?841435) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
