From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 15 00:09:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A7A81065670 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:09:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artemb@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f180.google.com (mail-iw0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3A58FC0C for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:09:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn10 with SMTP id 10so123478iwn.13 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:09:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=8leaOxulXsELlTG29mky+CKeSTkyNeYzIOR0WXF9sts=; b=jxfONasswdiHhV8T6dACYaK7cDI4AA2qX6CcKB+O99IL3jwHX8MjLYZtd3iN1zwTV2 JdXPOX/+pJH9niVMKfbIufwC7nKJy+qX8Q6ZpesaGuKKQh/rwQCo+A/RJQaJasDhb3jR 3mpzDEmFogZ7ZGD8gf6eRKglHF5xUOpyuOTX8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=PY8J5cb4pyGadDK7ou8qyds0t+lb9berbXxTV2S8JmFGlsggxj+k9KXckFZ+pfi55V R77OhXAHc2xUH3bhltnSST9D1V/ADkYql2RsyIab17MSb5ORx7I8pE3COmYC72YcE1Pa OaXAAb8Ph6pxTw+jl2OaZEkA6fbS+mbzyJYCE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: artemb@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.182.68 with SMTP id 46mr1818542ibz.45.1266192554501; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:09:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4B786D3A.3000408@langille.org> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:09:14 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ca3e029cca3f2e00 Message-ID: From: Artem Belevich To: Dan Naumov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List , dan@langille.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:09:15 -0000 > your ZFS pool of SATA disks has 120gb worth of L2ARC space Keep in mind that housekeeping of 120G L2ARC may potentially require fair amount of RAM, especially if you're dealing with tons of small files. See this thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org/msg34674.html --Artem