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Subject: Re: ZFS in a VM?
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> On Jun 15, 2015, at 3:38 AM, Raimund Sacherer <rs@logitravel.com> =
wrote:

> would you mind sharing what you tune because I am in the process of =
using more and more FreeBSD in our company and we have a couple of =
VMWare virtualizations.=20
>=20
> I would love to use ZFS with beadm to be able to make working =
snapshots before modifying the system and use snapshots in general.
>=20
> It would be great to be able to learn from someone who really use it =
and has experience
>=20

Good morning.   You don=E2=80=99t want to go start mucking with sysctl =
level things until you have identified issues.  Each installation is =
different, especially inside a VM.  For example, ours are not VMWare =
based and probably perform totally differently at the level ZFS uses.   =
Try a stock install and see what issues you run up against.