Hi,
this issue is similar but not identical to the topic "storage solution for jails/plugins" we had earlier this week: http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/storage-solution-for-jails-plugins.21807/
I have ZFS in mirrored mode on two cheap 4 GB USB sticks and use this as the system dataset pool. This is to allow the actual storage pool to spin down and save energy.
From past experience in a different context, I knew that USB sticks do not last long under such conditions - thus the redundancy. Nonetheless it is not much fun swapping the USB sticks once a month ;-) and I therefore seek a more lasting solution.
I have a sufficient number of SATA ports on the Supermicro X10SLM+-LN4F main board. So my favorite solution is to add a small SSD to keep the system dataset pool.
Are there other reasonable possibilities, e.g. using a RAM disk or turning the logging completely off or delaying disk writes as much as possible? If possible at all, I do not know how to achieve any of these.
Best regards,
Boris
this issue is similar but not identical to the topic "storage solution for jails/plugins" we had earlier this week: http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/storage-solution-for-jails-plugins.21807/
I have ZFS in mirrored mode on two cheap 4 GB USB sticks and use this as the system dataset pool. This is to allow the actual storage pool to spin down and save energy.
From past experience in a different context, I knew that USB sticks do not last long under such conditions - thus the redundancy. Nonetheless it is not much fun swapping the USB sticks once a month ;-) and I therefore seek a more lasting solution.
I have a sufficient number of SATA ports on the Supermicro X10SLM+-LN4F main board. So my favorite solution is to add a small SSD to keep the system dataset pool.
Are there other reasonable possibilities, e.g. using a RAM disk or turning the logging completely off or delaying disk writes as much as possible? If possible at all, I do not know how to achieve any of these.
Best regards,
Boris