Am 26.08.2013 18:35, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > 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... ;-)
For sure! :-) > 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. Without getting academic: good to hear, but rather the opposite use case. Thousands of small files vs. some big chunks (as with VMs). > 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. Yes. I will research that a bit and consider it. Maybe I suggest them a test-phase (old server still there and OK ... so why not) S
