I tend to use machines with ZFS only as dedicated file servers.  ZFS is a great file system, but it takes over the machine and uses as much memory and resources as it can get it's hands on.  I would not use it for FreeSwitch if there will be a lot of file-io going on.

Guillermo

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Norm <norm@goes.com> wrote:

Debian

> On Dec 12, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Thomas Løcke <thomas.granvej6@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I'm involved in a project where we'll soon need to spin up a couple of FreeSWITCH instances, and we're a bit torn between Debian and FreeBSD.
>
> Anybody out there with experience with both? Are there any differences? Will Debian be "better" due to FreeSWITCH primarily targeting Linux?
>
> We're very slightly leaning towards FreeBSD due to jails, ZFS and other nice FreeBSD tools, but we're not averse to Debian in any way. We're probably at 52% FreeBSD and 48% Debian.
>
> The instances will run on hardware with decent specs. No less than 16 cores (probably 32) and no less than 32GB RAM and SSD in every single bay. We're not targeting low spec.
>
> Any and all advice is welcomed with open arms.
>
> :o)
> Thomas Løcke
>

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