ZFS on backup fileserver - RAM usage

[Ruslan Kovtun]

> was better, but so far the best available configuration is 8-head with
> "the patch" applied.

Is this patch already applied after cvsup or I need apply it manualy?



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> On Oct 13, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> > Matt Simerson wrote:
> >> It all depends on your workload. If you work your backup serves
> >> hard  (as I do, backing up thousands of OS instances), you'll have
> >> significant reliability problems using FreeBSD 7.1 and ZFS. After
> >> a  crash that corrupted my file systems, I have moved to 8-head
> >> with  Pawel's latest patch.
> >> My backup servers have between 16 and 24 disks each. The ones with
> >> 16GB of RAM crash far less frequently than my server that has only
> >> 2GB. That one is getting upgraded soon.
> >> Matt
> >
> > I am planning to backup about 10-15 servers (mainly webservers and
> > few mailservers) and not expecting high load.
> > Did 8-current with the latest ZFS patch fixed all stability problems?
> >
> > Thanks for suggestions to both of you.
> >
> > Miroslav Lachman
>
> No, there are still stability issues under heavy load. The are just
> far less frequent under 8-current than under 7.  I couldn't keep my
> systems up for more than 2 days before switching to 8.  Running 8-head
> was better, but so far the best available configuration is 8-head with
> "the patch" applied.
>
> Matt
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