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Date:      Wed, 1 Jun 2016 11:24:45 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: EFI GELI support ready for testers
Message-ID:  <a693705b-3f3e-e7c1-57f0-c221bddd8202@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606011716550.3723@laptop.wojtek.intra>
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On 2016-06-01 11:19, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>> This sounds more like a religious dogma than anything else.
>>
>> If "ZFS volume" means "ZFS pool" here, it is also blatant bullshit.
>> There are a lot of reasons for having more than one ZFS pool, the
>> easiest being separating SSDs and HDDs for fast vs cheap storage.
> assuming one would like to use ZFS - it is of course right. As with any
> other filesystem.
>
> Even more - no matter what filesystem i would use i would never want to
> put tens of disks as one filesystem. for simple reason of recovery and
> reliability.
>
> And i consider FreeBSD loader already overcomplex. having separate
> partition for boot stuff is just fine. After kernel is loaded it takes
> care of all stuff.
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Well, that is kind of the point of ZFS, to have a filesystem with more 
than just a few disks, but reliably.

We are not taking anything away from you, just allowing you to have the 
option to keep the kernel in a convenient place.

-- 
Allan Jude



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