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Am 26.08.2013 18:35, schrieb Pandu Poluan: |
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> I have to admit that my virtualized servers are not running on top of |
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> ZFS-backed storage... because the company already has a quite sizable EMC |
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> VNX storage, and it's a shame to not use that behemoth... ;-) |
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For sure! :-) |
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> At the moment, the ZFS-backed storage is used to store our email archive |
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> system (using MailArchiva), and with more than 15'000 emails per day, it |
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> has been performing flawlessly. |
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Without getting academic: good to hear, but rather the opposite use |
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case. Thousands of small files vs. some big chunks (as with VMs). |
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> That said, when I was hunting around for information on ZFS before taking |
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> the plunge, a *lot* of discussion revolves around using ZFS as the storage |
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> back-end for virtualization, be it using KVM or VMware. |
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Yes. I will research that a bit and consider it. |
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Maybe I suggest them a test-phase (old server still there and OK ... so |
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why not) |
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