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From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Subject: Re: Best Journaling File System - ZFS/???
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> With all the discussions of ZFS lately, I'm beginning to wonder if it's
> really ready for a production environment. Concerns over memory utilization,
no

> speed, stability, etc...
>
> So, my question is this... If you were building a brand new 6.3/7.0 server
> with decent performance (dual core, 32 Bit OS - because of known
> compatibility issues with specific software, 4 GB RAM, etc...) what file
> system would you choose? What options are out there besides UFS and ZFS?

i use UFS everywhere. it's ACTUALLY high performance, just lacking ZFS 
fancy features.