Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:04:04 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS melting under postgres... Message-ID: <fk1j0l$o4l$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <476419CD.9070401@terranova.net> References: <47606C09.2070209@isc.org> <47609F0A.7010805@clearchain.com> <47609FE3.8040606@barafranca.com> <4760B444.1080604@clearchain.com> <06CAC7FC-DB58-441D-A6E0-76D1D8133393@tamu.edu> <86ir31xwlu.fsf@ds4.des.no> <ADCCD5E6-A792-49B9-A346-753176C12F2E@tamu.edu> <fjuljp$cvb$1@ger.gmane.org> <476343B4.8080208@FreeBSD.org> <fk09p8$b16$1@ger.gmane.org> <86tzmk54tt.fsf@ds4.des.no> <fk0ue7$bp$1@ger.gmane.org> <476419CD.9070401@terranova.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Travis Mikalson wrote: > If you're using compact flash for something that's constantly updated > like a ZIL, wouldn't your CF card die real quick? Probably, for constant updates to the same areas. But as you say: > Since a ZIL is not really seek-intensive, why not just offload it to its > own standard hard disk that has its write caching and all other similar > data-corrupting technologies disabled? Yes. I don't see a point writing a log that's mostly sequantially accessed on a SSD, and which probably wears the same areas on the drive. I'm more interested in loads like databases. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHZE9UldnAQVacBcgRAttjAKCi57CQrhxt+0dheuDutvtorBvkRQCfSdvS IvAmoqkHHD5u/Y7JLeIv4yY= =vdYd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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