Tag: iscsi

  • Slow iSCSI performance on ZFS Volumes (zvol)

    TL;DR: For reasons, don’t use ZVOLs for iSCSI volumes. Instead, just use a generic file. I’ve been reorganizing my lab a bit to consolidate some storage and wanted to experiment with iSCSI. I thought “wow, what a great use-case for ZFS ZVOLS…”. If you recall, ZFS has the ability to create block devices called ZVOLs.…