Installation with separate partitions for ZFS log and cache

jabacrack

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When I started my journey with Proxmox, I installed it on an SSD with separate partitions for ZFS cache and log,
because a guide (https://forum.level1techs.com/t/proxmox-zfs-with-ssd-caching-setup-guide/97663) said it would be faster.
Now, after several years, my SSD is worn out (probably as a result of the heavy usage of these additional partitions).
I plan to migrate to a new SSD — should I create these additional partitions again? Do they really help, or is it better to use the default Proxmox setup?

My home server specs:
i5-3570K, 32 GB RAM, RAID 10 with 6 drives (4 × 1 TB and 2 × 6 TB)
 
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i run a small ZFS Pool rpool and a vdev zfs mirror on SSDs with 1 TB size. eg. 250 GB on partiton 3.
So partiton 1-3 will be used.

With 2x HDDs i build a ZFS Pool dpool as vdev zfs mirror.
Next with 2x partiton 4 on SSDs, so i can add to dpool a VDEV ZFS special device as zfs mirror.
Next i use 2x partiton 5 on SSDs 8 - 32 GB, so i can add to dpool a VDEV ZFS zil/slog as zfs mirror.
This size depends on your network speed. max. 5 Second data will there stored, if the HDDs are to slow on sync writes.
Sorry, but I don’t understand what you wrote.