Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:12:21
Message-Id: 52389B55.6090600@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 2013-09-17 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
2 wrote:
3 > use ECC ram. Lots of it. 16GB DDR3 1600 ECC ram cost you less than 170€.
4 > And it is worth it. ZFS showed me just how many silent corruptions can
5 > happen on a 'stable' system. Errors never seen neither detected thanks
6 > to using 'standard' ram.
7 >
8 > turn off readahead. ZFS' own readahead and the kernel's clash - badly.
9 > Turn off kernel's readahead for a visible performance boon.
10 >
11 > use noop as io-scheduler.
12
13 Is there a good place to read about these kinds of tuning parameters?

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Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>