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Re:OpenZFS launch by StavrosK on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @05:50PM (#6402158)
I do the same and use an HP ProLiant microserver (it was dirt cheap). ZFSOnLinux just worked out of the box and has kept working ever since.

Word to the wise: Read about the block size of your disks, mine are newer and needed a block size different than the default but I didn't know about it, and now they are slower than they could be. I don't remember details, but you will definitely find it in a cursory search.

Re:OpenZFS launch by hhw on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @12:45AM (#6403541)
Newer disks use 4K instead of 512 byte sectors like older drives, so when you partition your disks you need to take care to align them accordingly.
Re:OpenZFS launch by StavrosK on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:27AM (#6404341)
Exactly. ZFS has a parameter for this, which you need to set manually.