On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 07:08:27PM +0100, Andrew Haycock wrote: > Dan, that helped a lot more at least to the point that any further > questions are quite reasonably discoverable with experimentation or at > least google fodder.
Cool. I like happy (potential) users. > Well, I lie, there are a couple of questions but I don't think they're > too taxing. My concern with the ZIL being located on the SSD was not > speed, but drive wear. If ZIL is written too a lot is a 4GB partition > enough? Would an i-RAM solution be better? I've never owned an SSD in my life until last year when I purchased the 64GB one (along with the twin 2TB disks). I'm not the best person to ask about this. > I think I will setup an L2ARC for my usage model, I reckon at the very > least it won't hurt any and I find the idea of these zones most > interesting especially for the Minecraft server. I may experiment with > the firewall side of things also. My router zone runs ipfilter, but I only use the ipnat part of things. I use IPsec end-node policy more than most, but that's because I'm biased. > Also what is the dump used for exactly if it is not a swap? Dump is for kernel panics. I don't get them unless I'm running experimental bits, or if I feel like taking a live kernel dump to see something on another system. > Thanks for the clarification, it's definitely helped an awful lot. Glad to help. Dan ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
