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from what i've read, zil is only important for recovery if the server were to lose power during a data transfer and sync writes.. so, if this were backing up vms, databases and whatnot, then yeah, mirroring the zil would be a good move, and that's if you're writing to mechanical drives.. if...

also (again), i don't plan on using synchronous writes.. really no need for it in my use case. I've read however, that in TN Scale even with sync writes disabled, you can still enable the zil on all writes.. from what i gather, the zil exists regardless, but one can move it to another drive...

ok, so if i were to install a separate nvme drive and direct truenas to use it as the zil, would that stop the double-writes? Can i adjust the page size when the pool is created to further reduce the amplification? again, the drives will be storing movies, tv shows, and music.. i'll be...

also, i planned on using async writing.. no need for synchronous writing in my usecase..

I was wondering if i could prevent the double-writing by using an nvme for the zil.. i figure if the zil was on an nvme then the sata's would only be written to once, but i'm not sure if truenas scale (or core) would operate that way.. As i understand it, if the zil is on a separate device...

And how to prevent, or at least minimize it? I'm setting up a new truenas nas based upon scale/fangtooth. it's going to have 6 evo 870 SSD's. they're brand new and i read somewhere on one of the forums that due to write amplification, the users (also using TN Scale) drives were wearing out...

Hello all, This topic has been asked a million times but as always, the answers can go all over the place, which is confusing for someone doing it the first time, such as myself. Awhile ago i picked up from ebay an lsi 9300-8i card. at the time, it said it was flashed in IT mode (this will...

yeah, i figured that title would grab your attention.. I've been around here a while but i'm still a noob so go easy on me. I'm asking this bunch because folks here seem to be a bit kinder and more open to answering odd-ball questions rather than answering back with the question "why would you...

I understand that TNC creates a small swap on the OS drives and then small swaps on all the other drives. i don't like this arrangement at all. does anyone know a way to set the swapfile system so that it resembles that of pfsense? i know i'm gonna be questioned.. it's a matter of...

Hi all, i have 2 of the aforementioned nics. both are running firmware version (NVM) 6.8 and i wanna update them to the latest. I've attempted to update them in the past but it failed, and after researching online it turns out that i can't do a direct update. My question is: can anyone tell...

MARKESS YOU BEAUTY!!!!! THAT DID IT!! ohh maaan!! the award for biggest tech a-hole of the year goes to me in a massive way!!! i forgot that i had swapped power supplies and the sata power cables looked the same and i didn't bother changing them.. upon inspection, the one that was running...

i can try that.. i could've sworn i used this power supply with another motherboard/cpu combo.. that combo was older.. the os drives are on the same cable so i'd think i'd have problems with them as well, although they're not accessed or written to at all except at boot up.. you might be...

i just remembered; it can't be that because i also tried it with the HBA which, aside from being on a different controller, is also on different sata cables (the one's connected to the hba).

that's probably the one thing i haven't done.. if that's it i'll go berserk. lol

ok folks, i dunno if this is the place to post this request because i dunno if it's hardware or software that's causing my problems.. it's a doozy, so here goes. for starters, this is a bare metal truenas core (latest stable) build. the hardware is as follows: supermicro x11ssh-f (latest...

not saturating my 10G connection isn't the be-all, end-all of it.. i'm fine with it as it is, just want it to work at this point.. which will bring me to my next post... REEEAAAALLLY gonna need your help on this next one bc it's a real m-f'er.. :(

I read about the special vdevs when trying to research all this stuff. i'm not gonna bother with that because the drives are just for movies and on the one hand, it's not like i'm losing data that's critical to my life.. on the other hand if i lost the pool that would be SUCH a b!tch.. too...

yeah, i read an article, either on here or the truenas forum yesterday that said precisely just that. makes me wonder if i should upgrade anyway just to gain processing capacity in the event that a drive needs to be replaced.. they made a case to where a non low-powered cpu could even use...

1) SMB.. no point in nfs for me. i've wondered if there really is a point for me to have a slog/zil in my application.. seems like there isn't.. i've read some instructions on using a separate ssd (in my case nvme) and placing the swap file on it.. do you think that would help? obviously...

yes, my cpu is ABSOLUTELY getting hammered... only when data comes across the 10G side though... other than that, the cpu is a professional thumb-twiddler.. i can upgrade to an e3 xeon like a 1240L (very low energy requirements) and i've been contemplating that. when big file copies occur...