From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 25 08:56:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9507D16A494 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D3413C457 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:56:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8945A20A3; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:56:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on tim.des.no Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048B7209E; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:56:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A373784481; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:56:22 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Randy Bush References: <46F7EDD7.6060904@psg.com> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:56:22 +0200 In-Reply-To: <46F7EDD7.6060904@psg.com> (Randy Bush's message of "Mon\, 24 Sep 2007 07\:03\:19 -1000") Message-ID: <868x6vi0nd.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zfs in production? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:56:28 -0000 Randy Bush writes: > we are thinking of using zfs on a production server, using gmirror for > booting and then following http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot for the rest. > > but we would like to hear from folk using zfs in production for any > length of time, as we do not really have the resources to be pioneers. Works fine, but if using SATA, avoid Promise controllers. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no