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Resolved: ZFS best practices with hardware RAID #solution #it #answer

Resolved: ZFS best practices with hardware RAID #solution #it #answer

ZFS best practices with hardware RAID

If one happens to have some server-grade hardware at ones disposal, is it ever advisable to run ZFS on top of a hardware-based RAID1 or some such? Should one turn off the hardware-based RAID, and run ZFS on a mirror or a raidz zpool instead?

With the hardware RAID functionality turned off, are hardware-RAID-based SATA2 and SAS controllers more or less likely…

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Resolved: Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM #it #fix #answer

Resolved: Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM #it #fix #answer

Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM

I have a Java application where scalability is primarily limited by RAM, that I would like to run on one or more servers in a datacenter. Where should I be looking for server hardware that can accommodate 100GB – 512GB or more of RAM? I’m not an expert in such matters so I really don’t know where to start.

Is this getting into supercomputer…

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Fixed: Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM #development #fix #solution

Fixed: Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM #development #fix #solution

Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM

I have a Java application where scalability is primarily limited by RAM, that I would like to run on one or more servers in a datacenter. Where should I be looking for server hardware that can accommodate 100GB – 512GB or more of RAM? I’m not an expert in such matters so I really don’t know where to start.

Is this getting into supercomputer…

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