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Oracle ZFS pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
4.5 out of 5
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PROS

High performance and scalability
Efficient data compression
Robust security features
Seamless integration with Oracle databases
Advanced analytics and reporting capabilities

CONS

Complex setup process
High cost compared to alternatives
Limited technical support availability
Performance issues under high workloads
Lack of comprehensive documentation
 

Oracle ZFS Pros review quotes

CA
Dec 12, 2022
It is not necessarily for the fastest storage or cluster storage, but just for pure storage, it's really hard to beat. It's just been around as long as anything else.
reviewer965514 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 6, 2022
Oracle ZFS is very fast and it is efficient. It has outperformed any hardware array controller that I've ever come across. With Oracle ZFS on my NAS, which is running five, four terabyte drives, when I've had a drive failure and changed one out, it'll rebuild that array in two hours, or maybe less. When you think you're rebuilding almost four terabytes of data redundancy, that's pretty good using an old AMD Turion hardware, that's nothing to complain about.
Rajesh Sudini - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 25, 2022
The replication capability and data security have been the most valuable features.
 

Oracle ZFS Cons review quotes

CA
Dec 12, 2022
ZFS is great for just mass storage, but if you're trying to make fast storage – something like a SAN-type delivery network where you wanted to do any type of RAM disc over the network – it falls flat. ZFS does not do that. It is kind of limiting.
reviewer965514 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 6, 2022
Oracle ZFS does what I've asked it to do, and it has done it very efficiently. The only time I'm running into issues is with Proxmox. If I run ZFS drives, I find my RAM usage is very high. However, I don't have that problem with the TrueNAS system, where I'm running an old N36 Turion with four gigabytes of RAM, and that's running 24/7. There have been no issues with such a low-powered environment there, it works fine, but with Proxmox it seems to go slow.
Rajesh Sudini - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 25, 2022
When retrieving data from the replication of remote sites, it does not give you immediate results. The RPO and RTO rates could be improved.