Currently I'm using nappit/omnios with mirrored hard drives to serve NFS storage to ESXi. I'm looking to replace the mirrored hard drives with mirrored Intel DC S3710's. I'm not using any SLOG or SSDs currently, and so I have sync=disabled to make speeds tolerable (I know the risks, this isn't critical storage).
My question is will having sync=default with the Intel SSDs (which is effectively sync=always with NFS on ESXi) noticeably reduce performance? I know S3710/S3700's are used as SLOG devices regularly, but my searching always pulls posts about using them as SLOG devices, not standalone mirrors with no SLOG at all. Any advice appreciated, thank you!
My question is will having sync=default with the Intel SSDs (which is effectively sync=always with NFS on ESXi) noticeably reduce performance? I know S3710/S3700's are used as SLOG devices regularly, but my searching always pulls posts about using them as SLOG devices, not standalone mirrors with no SLOG at all. Any advice appreciated, thank you!