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| fester:hardware_general [2016/06/10 14:20] – [Miscellaneous] link cyberjock's zfs guide dan | fester:hardware_general [2016/06/15 12:16] – [Memory] unclefester | ||
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| - Use only Error Correcting Memory (ECC memory). I know it is more expensive, but you are introducing a possible source of corruption into the file system (ZFS) in FreeNAS if you don’t use ECC memory. | - Use only Error Correcting Memory (ECC memory). I know it is more expensive, but you are introducing a possible source of corruption into the file system (ZFS) in FreeNAS if you don’t use ECC memory. | ||
| - | - The minimum amount of RAM for a FreeNAS system is 8GB. But Fester recommends a minimum of 16GB. Even more is better. | + | - The minimum amount of RAM for a FreeNAS system is 8GB. But Fester recommends a minimum of 16GB. Even more is better. More RAM is the best payoff to improve performance of your system, since ZFS will use it for caching. |
| - If you have time take a look at Cyberjock’s article entitled “ECC vs non-ECC RAM and ZFS”. It is detailed, but excellent ( __[[https:// | - If you have time take a look at Cyberjock’s article entitled “ECC vs non-ECC RAM and ZFS”. It is detailed, but excellent ( __[[https:// | ||
| - If you have time take a look at Jgreco’s article entitled “How To Fail … a guide to things not-to-do”. It mentions ECC memory amongst other things ( __[[https:// | - If you have time take a look at Jgreco’s article entitled “How To Fail … a guide to things not-to-do”. It mentions ECC memory amongst other things ( __[[https:// | ||
| - | - If you have time have a read through | + | - If you have time have a read through this. It talks about hardware choices and ECC memory ( __[[https:// |
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