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So i started out with mirrors originally, however, this pool is mainly for reads (application servers, etc) and will not be very write heavy. The majority of reads will hit the Arc and L2arc, so i decided to switch to raidz1 to maximize the usage of disks. (FS is replicated to second array)...

I know several ppl on here use zrep to backup their ZFS storage servers, so i'm hoping somone can chime in here. I am going to be using zrep to one way sync my production ZFS servers to a napp-it "all in one" server for disaster recovery purposes. seems like zrep is the easiest way to do...

I am no OCZ fanboy (i own none) but i have a need for SSD's for ZFS L2arc. I need SAS because i use HA and need the dual interface (plus all the other drives are SAS and its on an expander) L2arc is not as cirical for me (that i know of at least), boxes will have plenty of Ram, will have a...

I have decided to start this thread and document my build because i have seen others do it and have gotten a wealth of information from it. I once read an article with a quote "the reason open source doesn't work is because 99% take and only 1% give back". I may not be able to contribute code...

Need a sanity check. New ZFS SAN uses SAS6g SC847 JBOD. However, this system will be HA between two head nodes. I have Stec enterprise SSD (ZuesRAM) ZIL for production bits, but i dont want to have to buy a $3k drive everytime i want to make a new pool that isnt critical or production...

newbie to this forum (finding a wealth of info so far, thanks!) I am going to be building a ZFS based SAN and i am trying to piecemeal some info before i start a real thread with the build details, parts lists, etc etc. I am looking at using the following JBOD's...