From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 15:23:17 2012 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 BDA8E106566C for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:23:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933A88FC14 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B995AF53 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:23:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:22:36 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9EB8FD5BA7578C6790570750@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <4F10F94A.3090201@midsummerdream.org> References: <4F10F94A.3090201@midsummerdream.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: SSD for ZIL suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:23:17 -0000 --As of January 13, 2012 9:40:58 PM -0600, Rob is alleged to have said: > I'm looking at getting a couple of SSDs to act as ZIL drives on FreeBSD > 8/9 systems. Are there any recommended drives? > > Rob --As for the rest, it is mine. I remember that Intel released a line of SSDs that looked ideal for this, but I can't recall which one it was... For a ZIL, write/IOP speed and endurance are primary considerations. Size is not: The ZIL will never need more space than 1/2 the RAM of the box, IIRC. Anything more than that is just wasted space. 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------