[OpenIndiana-discuss] slicing a disk for ZIL

[Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)]

> From: Jonathan Adams [mailto:t12nslookup at gmail.com]
> 
> I would suggest that on smaller systems you wouldn't bother messing
> with the ZIL :)

It doesn't matter how big or small the system is.  It matters how it's used.

If you have a small database server, and some other database clients on the LAN, and you disable your ZIL on the server, you are begging for data loss.  Or NFS server, or ... any other stateful service.