So HBA arrived last week!! :D I removed the PERC H310 mini that came with the server and installed a pci-e H310 flashed on IT mode.
I couldn't find any information about performance with mismatching ashift settings between the vdevs and zil/l2arc devices in the same pool so settled with ashift...
I guess hw raid is not even a consideration for me, even if someone managed to make it work. I only set it up because I didn't want to wait weeks for the hba to arrive before having my first zfs experiences...
Is this true? I read ashift settings are on a vdev level not zpool, but couldn't find...
Oh I see, so ARC space will be "wasted" to store L2ARC indexes when the original ARC size may be enough for my caching needs. Good tip, thanks!
Do you use zfs on freebsd only? Not on Proxmox?
Thanks for the replies!
This would explain why I was having freezes and such terrible performance during my tests. I already ordered an HBA but everything takes weeks to arrive here to New Zealand... I'll redo the installation when it arrives and give ZFS a real chance :) Should I look into...
First of all thanks for having this amazing community and making Proxmox possible! :) I've been using Proxmox for a couple of months on a small personal server and it's been a great solid experience. All the information available here and the wiki has been invaluable!!
Now I am tasked to set up...
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