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As spydez points out - ZFS does offer a major benefit for machines (laptops) running SSD: "[it evens] out write activity to avoid hot spot failures [in flash]."

http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/not_a_flash_in_the

You also have to think about the possibilities that would have been possible with ZFS, like hybrid storage pools: efficient use of a Flash + Conventional HD setup

http://blogs.sun.com/studler/entry/zfs_and_the_hybrid_storag...



SSDs already wear level internally; ZFS makes no difference there. L2ARC would have been nice though.




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