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I have been using ZFS for over two years, on any desktop that I control, as both root file system for FreeBSD setups and backup file system in many configuratio
by binaryapparatus 8y ago
I have been using ZFS for over two years, on any desktop that I control, as both root file system for FreeBSD setups and backup file system in many configurations. In almost all cases I don't have EEC ram and I don't need it really. Your comment is either outdated or wrong, ZFS is THE go-to filesystem on desktop for me.
Edit: oh and it works beautifully with single disk setups too.
- amelius 8y ago> In almost all cases I don't have EEC ram and I don't need it really. That's like saying you don't need health insurance because you haven't got ill.
- binaryapparatus 8y agoECC is nice to have but absolutely not a show stopper if you don't have it. Plenty of articles and discussions online, example: http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-your-data/ http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-yo... Claim that you can only use ZFS with ECC memory to feel safe is false.
- solarengineer 8y agoWhile it is indeed false that one needs ECC RAM to use ZFS, ECC by itself helps keep the data is memory safe. I used to use non-ECC memory on my laptop when running Belenix, and I now use ECC memory on my servers at Hetzner where I run my own Illumos builds. (I'm one of the maintainers of Belenix, an early opensolaris based distro that was the foundation of Solaris 11. I'm working on reviving it again)
- agapon 8y agoWait until you get a 1-bit flip in a spacemap record. Then you just won't be able to import your pool (insta-panic). And good luck with fining and fixing that flipped bit.
- coredog64 8y agoDoes anyone have any pointers to a resource for single disk ZFS setups? Last time I looked, most search results were entry points into a persistent flame war.