ESXi Vdisk for SLOG?

[shad0wca7]

I hope this doesn't go down in flames but if ESXi is installed on an ssd and not taking up all the space, could a 32gb vdisk be created and used by freenas as the SLOG?

 

[Dice]

Holy fudgelord!
That is THE worst idea on FreeNAS implementation I've seen to date.

The only positive thing in your post is that you actually had a sense that it would end up in:

That means there is some hope for you. An effort is awarded:

1. Why do you think you need a SLOG?
2. Here is a read for you:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/some-insights-into-slog-zil-with-zfs-on-freenas.13633/
3. If 2. does not make complete sense to you and your application, you will not need a SLOG.

 

[shad0wca7]

Holy fudgelord!
That is THE worst idea on FreeNAS implementation I've seen to date.

The only positive thing in your post is that you actually had a sense that it would end up in:
View attachment 18446

That means there is some hope for you. An effort is awarded:

1. Why do you think you need a SLOG?
2. Here is a read for you:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/some-insights-into-slog-zil-with-zfs-on-freenas.13633/
3. If 2. does not make complete sense to you and your application, you will not need a SLOG.

Haha, it was pure curiosity, thanks for the strong turnaround!

 

[Stux]

Must agree.

You need a SLOG device with Power Loss Protection. A virtual SLOG device is the opposite of that.

 

[Ericloewe]

Not to mention the latency requirements for SLOG, which would be completely unacceptable in that sort of scenario.

 

[joeschmuck]

Holy fudgelord!

Made me laugh just a bit.