From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 09:32:06 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 260F916A417 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:32:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@reifenberger.com) Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D79D213C461 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@reifenberger.com) Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C9F227BC0 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:14:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.reifenberger.com (ppp-62-245-208-95.dynamic.mnet-online.de [62.245.208.95]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B82903B6 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:13:36 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail.reifenberger.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 182F911480; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:13:36 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:13:36 +0100 From: Michael Reifenberger To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071128091336.GA95214@gw.reifenberger.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Priority: normal Subject: Recommendated disk layout for ZFS 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:32:06 -0000 Hi, having 6 Disks I have some possibillities for the disk layout: - all 6 disks in raidz - 2 * 3 disk in raidz - 3 * 2 disk in raid1 What would be the preferred layout from an performance POV? Has anyone allready done a throughput comparison of the different layouts? -- Bye/2 --- Michael Reifenberger Michael@Reifenberger.com http://www.Reifenberger.com