From nobody Fri Jun 18 23:20:14 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C869511D9047 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 23:20:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from smtp1.via.net (smtp1.via.net [157.22.3.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "via.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4G6FJq3f6Pz3j90 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 23:20:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from mail.via.net (mail.via.net [157.22.3.34]) by smtp1.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTPS id 15INKO1v005364 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:20:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at smtp1.via.net Received: from [209.81.2.65] ([209.81.2.65]) by mail.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTP id 15INKOT3014122 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:20:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at mail.via.net From: joe mcguckin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8319A5EE-077B-4E45-AE9C-0C4404024DE3" List-Id: Filesystems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-fs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Subject: ZFS config question Message-Id: <43127C8C-8CEA-4796-A906-E2149B4262DE@via.net> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:20:14 -0700 To: freebsd-fs X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (smtp1.via.net [157.22.3.5]); Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:20:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4G6FJq3f6Pz3j90 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of joe@via.net designates 157.22.3.5 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=joe@via.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.90 / 15.00]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+MX]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7091, ipnet:157.22.0.0/16, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[157.22.3.5:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[157.22.3.5:from]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[joe]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-fs@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[via.net]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[157.22.3.5:from:127.0.2.255]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-fs] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y --Apple-Mail=_8319A5EE-077B-4E45-AE9C-0C4404024DE3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If I have a box with 60 SAS drives - Why not hake it one big RAID = volume? Is there a benefit to a filesystem composed of multiple, smaller VDEVS = vs one giant 40-50 drive zpool? Are there guidelines or rules-of-thumb for sizing vdevs and zpools? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax --Apple-Mail=_8319A5EE-077B-4E45-AE9C-0C4404024DE3--