From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 19:41:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B0E4CF4 for ; Wed, 27 May 2015 19:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jkikpole@cairodurham.org) Received: from mail-ie0-f175.google.com (mail-ie0-f175.google.com [209.85.223.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DAE1A6 for ; Wed, 27 May 2015 19:41:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jkikpole@cairodurham.org) Received: by iebgx4 with SMTP id gx4so21969846ieb.0 for ; Wed, 27 May 2015 12:41:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=Dj7B6OwZk7uTPRa524LwaUqzFRfas3uU8QpnAtDTo4U=; b=ThVSZXFsJSqwX5t91S2BhMRGYPWK+vyC64/Hh6biz2O57PgDnCuo0xGs9TDjCvVc5r d3d+pmkTN12Rnr3J54rc+cZlVeszks3VHgLas2KcszviVz0Q8TPlpaRDGPRoozVHfy/O QdytXTOXSHHNuDYQWZUMoxLugStknl8hKXDMpRtqr204jQp+id/pv1iYstc1EZcijElN SjrkI9nU3AoYdZs7OTk6s2ccx4SxM3SqV7jHU4SnCRpdOCTA17HUZsjZnCaeEQdUrXC+ yMdDlT8phMqyKwjNow9aCQt1/dreFTvHQg1Di1C+9l9hdR0eRz5DZm/57ZvpWA1IJ7Tc pwxg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkHQgErQfYwMLnBHjJI42bB3/A1+KvbFOGf458CcbhWDr0yXleQptJPgyAS3MTWznYzWftZ3i7Fn78yxKAlDhfrVGyrBRjLB5OEGxPZLYygwmnFmyi6o7kKx714j5MrAG+ker/N X-Received: by 10.107.130.33 with SMTP id e33mr43688509iod.80.1432755707773; Wed, 27 May 2015 12:41:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.59.148 with HTTP; Wed, 27 May 2015 12:41:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9C96EB4B-A230-4A26-BDC3-067367A61E34@shire.net> References: <9C96EB4B-A230-4A26-BDC3-067367A61E34@shire.net> From: Jaime Kikpole Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 15:41:27 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ZFS in a VM? To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 19:41:55 -0000 On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC wrote: > I do. I do it not so much for any performance benefits, if any, ZFS offers, but more for data integrity. Exactly what I was looking for, too. > You need to tune it since the VM based disks are not the same as physical disks. I'm afraid that I don't understand. Can you explain what you mean by "tune it?" -- Jaime Kikpole Network Administrator Cairo-Durham Central School District Technical Support: help@cairodurham.org go.cairodurham.org/techtips -- This electronic message and any attachment(s) may contain confidential or legally privileged information protected by law from further disclosure and is intended only for the individual or entity identified above as the addressee. If you are not the addressee (or the employee or agency responsible to deliver it to the addressee), or if this message has been addressed to you in error, you are hereby notified that you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of this message or any attachment(s). Please notify the sender immediately by return email or telephone and permanently delete this message and attachment(s) from your system.