From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 28 23:06:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 496CB1065677 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: from lerwick.hopto.org (81-178-20-70.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 571E58FC21 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:05:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: (qmail 96006 invoked by uid 98); 29 Aug 2008 00:01:06 +0100 Received: from 10.0.0.2 by polaris.lerwick.hopto.org (envelope-from , uid 82) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/1789. hbedv: 7.1.1.11/6.35.1.178. f-prot: 4.6.6/3.16.14. spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:RC:1(10.0.0.2):. Processed in 7.093354 secs); 28 Aug 2008 23:01:06 -0000 Received: from lerwick.hopto.org (10.0.0.2) by lerwick.hopto.org with SMTP; 29 Aug 2008 00:00:59 +0100 Received: from 192.168.0.4 (SquirrelMail authenticated user lug) by lerwick.hopto.org with HTTP; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:59 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4833.192.168.0.4.1219964459.squirrel@lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <48B705B4.1060208@gmail.com> References: <48B705B4.1060208@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:59 +0100 (BST) From: craig001@lerwick.hopto.org To: "Michael John Copeland" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fileserver questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:06:00 -0000 > Hello All, > I am building a fileserver to store ripped movies, cds, etc on, to be > used also as a home media center connected to tv. i'm going to use 1TB > drives and was wondering if i should stick with ufs, or migrate to zfs. > i've read about the zfs many times on the freebsd wiki, and it seems > like a good choice. looking for pros and cons of each. > thanks, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Michael I personally would consider zfs on freeBSD as unstable/experimental on everything apart from AMD64's with loads of RAM to spare. I have tried tuning as per wiki on sparc64 and i386 compatible servers but still hit problems and erratic kernel hangs. My advise -- stick to UFS wrapped in goem goodness. /Craig ============================================================ This email has been handled by lerwick.hopto.org mail server and has been scanned by 3 virus killers and spamassassin ============================================================