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by ahofmann 2156 days ago
That zfs needs so much RAM is a myth that can be easily refuted. Start a Linux VM with hardly any RAM and let zfs run on it. Works great. There are also sources for this since years: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3s7vrd/so_you_...
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Mekantis 2155 days ago
Look at the comments. He has barely any files on that server. "Yeah, you can use ZFS with barely any RAM."

(if you don't have any files) Doesn't do me much good with my 10TB's of data.

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