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On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:

> I only have 'zfs_load=?YES?? in my /boot/loader.conf. I?m hoping the problem is that I missed the ?-a4k? on the ?gpart add?. I?m starting again and will report back whether it now works or not! :).

Misalignment just makes for slow performance, particularly on writes.