Hi - I have been building a ZFS server for home use. I plan on having a raidz vdev for static storage, pics, HD movies, etc. And then striped mirror vdevs for VMWare virtual machines.
I am not building an all-in-one with VMWare and ZFS storage in the same box. The ZFS machine will be standalone.
I have been testing with generally recommended hardware:
Norco 4220, SM X8SI6-F, 7K2000 drives, 4GB Kingston RAM. The processor I am testing with is a Core i3-540. I chose the i3 because of cost and power usage.
Right now I have a pool on a raidz vdev of 4 -7k2000 drives running in Nextenta Core with napp-it. I did not expect super speeds with this setup, just testing to get the feet wet.
I noticed when I stress the box by copying iso images and other large files to the box through NFS I am seeing load averages up to 4 on the box. I am assuming the parity calcs are taxing the i3 processor?
Would a larger processor like a Xeon X3440 help things out? I don't need enterprise class speed at home, but would like to "right-size" the processor for a stable system that can run a raidz vdev. An inexpensive Xeon can be added to the budget for the home system.
Thanks for any help.
I am not building an all-in-one with VMWare and ZFS storage in the same box. The ZFS machine will be standalone.
I have been testing with generally recommended hardware:
Norco 4220, SM X8SI6-F, 7K2000 drives, 4GB Kingston RAM. The processor I am testing with is a Core i3-540. I chose the i3 because of cost and power usage.
Right now I have a pool on a raidz vdev of 4 -7k2000 drives running in Nextenta Core with napp-it. I did not expect super speeds with this setup, just testing to get the feet wet.
I noticed when I stress the box by copying iso images and other large files to the box through NFS I am seeing load averages up to 4 on the box. I am assuming the parity calcs are taxing the i3 processor?
Would a larger processor like a Xeon X3440 help things out? I don't need enterprise class speed at home, but would like to "right-size" the processor for a stable system that can run a raidz vdev. An inexpensive Xeon can be added to the budget for the home system.
Thanks for any help.