Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 10:36:30 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Storage question Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3xLdxha5tPX2QCPb3Uc_WcmvY8YD17dG94Pjge5fDm2w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55F04D78.8070508@hiwaay.net> References: <55EF3D23.5060009@hiwaay.net> <20150908220639.20412cbd@gumby.homeunix.com> <55EF5409.8020007@yahoo.com> <55EFC2DA.3020101@hiwaay.net> <08B351DD-AA48-4F30-B0D6-C500D0877FB3@lafn.org> <55F02DC8.7000706@hiwaay.net> <20150909150626.5c3b99e5.freebsd@edvax.de> <55F031A0.40500@hiwaay.net> <20150909145820.c3b48aafad4f70553c1c1fd8@sohara.org> <55F0451A.5080709@hiwaay.net> <20150909160005.d3b84775c3d0748014a871e5@sohara.org> <55F04D78.8070508@hiwaay.net>
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On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:15 AM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net> wrote: > The online docs all seem to show swap within the zpool as well, does that > work OK, performance wise ? > I know they don't all say that except for perhaps "don't do it". Having a file backed swap on ZFS(or really any FS) or a ZVOL backed swap is a bad idea doomed from the start. It'll work just fine as long as there is no memory pressure and will collapse under severe pressure. -- Adam
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