From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 18:28:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 328CD106566B for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 18:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFDE8FC12 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 18:28:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754EE34EEB; Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:42 +0200 From: cpghost To: Gary Gatten Message-ID: <20090526182842.GA12457@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <4A1AA3DC.5020300@network-i.net> <200905261238.52979.kirk@strauser.com> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED91@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED91@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Software RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:28:46 -0000 On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 01:15:41PM -0500, Gary Gatten wrote: > Why avoid ZFS on x86? That's because ZFS works best with huge amounts of (Kernel-)RAM, and i386 32-bit doesn't provide enough adressing space. Btw, I've tried ZFS on two FreeBSD/amd64 test machines with 8GB and 16GB of RAM, and it looks very promising. I wouldn't put it on production servers yet, but will eventually, once FreeBSD's ZFS integration matures and stabilizes. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/