On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:45:15 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > emerge zfs works too :) > > > > > > I really like the way ZFS just lets you get on with things. > > > > Does anyone run it on a desktop/laptop as their day to day fs? > > Yes. > > > Any > > drawbacks or gotchas? Other than reliability, how does it perform > > compared say to ext4? > > I haven't benchmarked it. It feels as if it may be a little slower on my > desktop with spinning disks, but that may be down to other factors, like > impatience. It flies on my laptop's SSD. > Additional note: *Of course* it will be slower than ext*, because during every read it ensures that the block being read has a proper checksum. Likewise on writes. But that IMO is very worth it just for the additional peace-of-mind, knowing you will never ever have a silent corruption. -- FdS Pandu E Poluan * ~ IT Optimizer ~** * • LOPSA Member #15248 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
