Comments on: ZFS Administration, Part XVII- Best Practices and Caveats http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-beta2-24176 By: Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part XIV- ZVOLS http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124823 Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part XIV- ZVOLS Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:59:53 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124823 [...] Best Practices and Caveats [...]

]]> By: Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part VII- Zpool Properties http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124813 Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part VII- Zpool Properties Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:57:19 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124813 [...] Best Practices and Caveats [...]

]]> By: Mike http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124681 Mike Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:48:53 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124681 Just want to add my thanks for a great series and all the obvious effort that went into it. While I have enough desktop experience, I am a complete newbie to servers in general and ZFS in particular. You’ve given me the confidence to proceed.

]]> By: Aaron Toponce http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124495 Aaron Toponce Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:39:11 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124495 Yeah. the /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf is manually created. The 2 GB is just an example. It’s up to how much RAM you have in your system. You should keep it under 1/4 your RAM size, IMO.

]]> By: Michael http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124491 Michael Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:03:51 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124491 Nice series !!!

I looked and my rhel6/oel6 box doesn’t have a “/etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf ” file anywhere. Is that something you added & just put that one command in (options zfs zfs_arc_max=2147483648)?

I was also curious how you came up with 2GB as your limit & how much RAM your storage box has and whether you are using the box for anything else?

My box is currently dedicated to just ZFS & currently has 16GB and I was considering expanding to 32GB. If that scenario any idea what a good arc max is?

Thanks again !!!

]]> By: Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part X- Creating Filesystems http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124487 Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part X- Creating Filesystems Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:38:13 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124487 [...] Best Practices and Caveats [...]

]]> By: ovigia http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-124277 ovigia Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:27:15 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-124277 great tips…

thank you very much!

]]> By: aasche http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-123926 aasche Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:57:56 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-123926 18 Parts – enough stuff for a small book. Thank you very much for your efforts :)

]]> By: Asif http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-122849 Asif Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:09:07 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-122849 Awesome series! You just helped me to learn and plan deployment of ZFS for my Home NAS in a day. I have gone through the whole series and it’s been easy to follow while also providing details on necessary parts! Thank you!

]]> By: Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part II- RAIDZ http://pthree.org/2013/01/03/zfs-administration-part-xvii-best-practices-and-caveats/#comment-122843 Aaron Toponce : ZFS Administration, Part II- RAIDZ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:27:01 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=2963#comment-122843 [...] Best Practices and Caveats [...]

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