On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <li...@xunil.at>wrote:
> Am 26.08.2013 18:14, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > > > Well... with a ZFS-backed storage, when you want to create a new VM, all > > you have to do is `zfs clone` ;-) > > Yes, I see those possibilities ;-) > > That system will run rather important stuff ... so I have to be rather > careful. But the bit-rot-prevention/checksumming-features are a plus in > this perspective. > > Do you run such a system? How big? > > I have to admit that my virtualized servers are not running on top of ZFS-backed storage... because the company already has a quite sizable EMC VNX storage, and it's a shame to not use that behemoth... ;-) At the moment, the ZFS-backed storage is used to store our email archive system (using MailArchiva), and with more than 15'000 emails per day, it has been performing flawlessly. That said, when I was hunting around for information on ZFS before taking the plunge, a *lot* of discussion revolves around using ZFS as the storage back-end for virtualization, be it using KVM or VMware. Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan * ~ IT Optimizer ~** * • LOPSA Member #15248 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
