Performance of a USB ZIL for ZFS

[Damien Fleuriot]

On 25 Jun 2011, at 19:17, Joshua Isom <jrisom at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone had tried using a decent USB flash drive for the ZIL.  I know it'd be hard finding one fast enough, but some from patriot seem like they might be suitable for home use.  Part of the idea is to just minimize hard drive thrashing and the wear and tear associated with it.  If it helps prevent the drives from going bad, and doesn't hurt performance too bad all the better.  But if it's going to hurt performance too much or not help prevent thrashing there isn't a point.
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I stopped reading at the title.
The answer is no.

Grab a SSD for $80-120ish.