@danmcd@hostux.social Tested - it works beautifully on #illumos

Do you use #OpenZFS? Do you ship a product or service with #ZFS in it? Do you work on a storage- or filesystem-related project and are interested in how ZFS could make it better? Are you interested in the future of software-defined storage?

If any of these are you, you should consider presenting at the OpenZFS User and Developer Summit 2026! Our CfP is open until September 11, and we'd love to hear from you!

https://openzfs.org/wiki/OpenZFS_User_and_Developer_Summit_2026

#Linux #FreeBSD #illumos #NAS #homelab

It was hard to swallow the cost of 256GB of DDR5; but I've pushed this poor 2.2TB database as far as I can with a Threadripper 1950X and consumer NVME drives... next iteration:

9550X3D + 256GB RAM
2x7.68TB U.2 NVME Drives (Kioxia CD8)
Optane 990

I'm hoping to triple performance, because my current setup is barely hanging on to it's workload. Next question: #illumos or #linux ?

@Toxic_Flange I'm glad I'm not the only one to suffer USB-type panics in #illumos - it's the only wrinkle I've had using it in production for this database.

I didn't need fast USB (it's just a JetKVM), so I've been using this as a workaround;

echo "exclude: xhci" >> /etc/system

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/117143645809189838

illumos is great for those platforms

#illumos #SmartOS #OwnYourData

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Stefano Marinelli » 🌐 2026-08-23
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

Months ago (or a year ago, by now), I bought a few Intel N150 mini PCs for dirt cheap, between 120 and 150 Euro each (depending on the RAM).
Two of them sat untouched on my desk for months, almost making me regret buying them.
Today, I'm glad I did: considering how high hardware prices are getting, having a little backup supply doesn't hurt.
And one of them is about to host SmartOS.

#illumos #OwnYourData

Months ago (or a year ago, by now), I bought a few Intel N150 mini PCs for dirt cheap, between 120 and 150 Euro each (depending on the RAM).
Two of them sat untouched on my desk for months, almost making me regret buying them.
Today, I'm glad I did: considering how high hardware prices are getting, having a little backup supply doesn't hurt.
And one of them is about to host SmartOS.

#illumos #OwnYourData