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ZFSBuild2012 – Nexenta vs FreeNAS vs ZFSGuru 26 Jan 2013 | 06:05 am
Back in 2010, we ran some benchmarks to compare the performance of FreeNAS 0.7.1 on the ZFSBuild2010 hardware with the performance of Nexenta and OpenSolaris on the same ZFSBuild2010 hardware. (http:/...
Dtrace broken with SRP targets? 28 Dec 2012 | 02:46 am
Anyone that’s using Infiniband, SRP targets, Dtrace, and version 3.1.3.5 of Nexenta Community edition, please raise your hands. Nobody? Not suprising Pulled some dtrace scripts off of another system...
ZFSBuild2012 – Write Back Cache Performance 18 Dec 2012 | 01:22 am
Nexenta includes an option to enable or disable Write Back Cache on shared ZVols. To manage this setting, you must first create your ZVol and then set the ZVol to Shared. Then you can select the ZVol ...
ZFSBuild2012 – InfiniBand Performance 16 Dec 2012 | 04:05 am
We love InfiniBand. But it is no merely enough to simply install InfiniBand. We decided to test three different popular connection options with InfiniBand so we could better understand which method ...
ZFSBuild2012 – Performance compared to ZFSBuild2010 15 Dec 2012 | 02:24 am
ZFSBuild2012 is faster than ZFSBuild2010 in every way possible. This page compares the iSCSI 1Gbps Ethernet performance difference between ZFSBuild2012 and ZFSBuild2010. Both hardware designs are ru...
ZFSBuild2012 – Benchmark Methods 15 Dec 2012 | 02:00 am
We took great care when setting up and running benchmarks to be sure we were gathering data that could be used to make useful comparisons. We wanted to be able to compare the ZFSBuild2012 design with...
ZFSBuild2012 – Building Pictures 14 Dec 2012 | 01:03 am
This article includes pictures taken while we were assembling the ZFSBuild2012 SAN. Installing the motherboard: Installing the CPU: Here is when we realized the internal plastic shroud was not going t...
ZFSBuild2012 – Specs and Parts Pictures 14 Dec 2012 | 12:31 am
We took a lot of pictures while we were building and testing the ZFSBuild2012 SAN. The ZFSBuild 2012 system is comprised of the following : SuperMicro SC846BE16-R920 chassis – 24 bays, single expander...
ZFSBuild2012 – Mission Statement 30 Nov 2012 | 08:52 pm
We wanted to take a moment to discuss what to expect from the series of ZFSBuild2012 articles we are posting. These articles are not intended to be a performance shootout for hardware, software, netwo...
ZFSBuild2012 – Benchmarking complete 29 Nov 2012 | 09:27 pm
Benchmarking for ZFSBuild 2012 has completed. We’ve got a bunch of articles in the pipeline about this build, and we’ll be releasing them over the next few weeks and months. Stay tuned!
