Recent content by biggen

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    Replacing a disk in a zfs mirror

    The docs are your friend: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux#sysadmin_zfs_change_failed_dev You didn't need to "detach" command.
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    Mirror configuration performance question

    Thanks for this! I ended up going with a single pool with one mirrored vdev for simplicity (OS and VMs all on one pool). My fsync/second are way better. I'm now around 5500 fsync/s using these Intel D3-4610 drives. I also decided to go with an LSI HBA and move off the motherboard SATA ports...
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    Hardware Raid VS ZFS

    NVMe on a simple 2 or 4 way mirror would be screaming fast.
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    Hardware Raid VS ZFS

    If you want max speed with NVMe, then you will have to dump the hardware RAID and go ZFS/LVM. I'd probably not choose hardware RAID unless I really needed blind swap. Use option 1 and choose either SAS/SATA (to save money) or NVMe. If the server comes with the Perc then I'd do hardware RAID...
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    Mirror configuration performance question

    I'm wondering what the best configuration for performance is: Dual mirrors (one for the OS and one for the VMs) or single mirror (OS and VMs) with a SLOG? Would be using a H200 in IT mode. Disks would all be Intel D3-4610 series. I'm currently using Samsung 860 Evos in a single mirror with...

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