Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:09:08 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deciding UFS vs ZFS Message-ID: <B4EE33A511C212A890848806@[192.168.1.50]> In-Reply-To: <EF37D3F4-2B8E-4695-8C75-8ADEE0F91F5A@mac.com> References: <20140713190308.GA9678@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20140714071443.42f615c5@X220.alogt.com> <53C326EE.1030405@my.hennepintech.edu> <20140714111221.5d4aaea9@X220.alogt.com> <20140715143821.23638db5@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALfReyf8Rg7rCcob4jSk9XbPLY0MpP52jno9vZ0GUFQGS0Vy-A@mail.gmail.com> <20140716143929.74209529@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALfReycWppVY5BYHeqvunvnUDtwPAke5vug0Kik2_JTnvvfArQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140718180416.715cdc0b@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALfReycMdd-jNvRaiyXO4A=C3eFwuugL74HNoKyb2q4um1L5pg@mail.gmail.com> <20140722133305.228a1690@gumby.homeunix.com> <8699AF5D2BE8E9EBCFFEEE17@[192.168.1.50]> <20140722222722.70f13ec9@gumby.homeunix.com> <C9D2EE68EC3894786D119AFD@[192.168.1.50]> <20140724002912.5eda1757@gumby.homeunix.com> <98DFE7A36ED2EBA26E6C710C@[192.168.1.50]> <EF37D3F4-2B8E-4695-8C75-8ADEE0F91F5A@mac.com>
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--As of July 23, 2014 4:47:52 PM -0800, Peter A. Giessel is alleged to have said: >> On Jul 23, 2014, at 16:40, Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote: >> >> If you have multiple disks, ZFS with raid/mirroring is nearly *always* a >> better choice than UFS, in my opinion. Exceptions would be things like >> dedicated database servers and such, where you have applications >> basically constructing their own file systems on top of the OS's file >> system. > > "Always"... Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is if you are > still using i386 (cheap/old hardware) without lots of RAM (1-2 GB) and > large disks (3/4/5TB), zfs is not going to be a good choice. --As for the rest, it is mine. Nah, you're not wrong. There are reasons not to use it; but in most cases I still think it's a good idea. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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