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On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Stefan Esser wrote:

> Am 15.12.2011 11:10, schrieb Michael Larabel:
>> No, the same hardware was used for each OS.
>>=20
>> In terms of the software, the stock software stack for each OS was =
used.
>=20
> Just curious: Why did you choose ZFS on FreeBSD, while UFS2 (with
> journaling enabled) should be an obvious choice since it is more =
similar
> in concept to ext4 and since that is what most FreeBSD users will use
> with FreeBSD?


Or perhaps, since it is "server" Linux distribution, use ZFS on Linux as =
well. With identical tuning on both Linux and FreeBSD. Having the same =
FS used by both OS will help make the comparison more sensible for FS =
I/O.

Daniel=