From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 22:47:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD92106564A for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:47:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC538FC14 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so1942606wyb.13 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:47:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=/rMrdce4Iyv5HDKVErfiyQp02pk0CZUKlDxM+/fPD/E=; b=UEUyYMc7XOgo1jcqIA0pnoqAdEfxwruki0lEj8dwDEjvfbVr6xeIMzhuG7Href6BCX +6m+sPxzc1Egaj1oVkXUy5SIdyUNlTl0VK7yRQRla+OVaPIai+HZtJ+yUhkQ6cfjiHDP sgpaX7we0bfmlf2X4e03QcedDAV4NSxsGvz+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=VfFgVgfURRbxlBHxIZP1gJg+VE5gkv7RpKkAiGrs4F9qKTurXccyDd1h/P3+d8EtK3 SjScmVzPtQyqSsZp2c2PXdSbPGSzFvbFudPGP/icdo9q4QZwNdhtuvQyOnyOYwavcNjI WwBkyQo1nWdciRu8ux7b4epAavOEQfMqrscw0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.141.129 with SMTP id m1mr3166189wbu.95.1289774876892; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:47:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.138.12 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:47:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:47:56 -0700 Message-ID: From: Modulok To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Is ZFS ready for prime time? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:47:59 -0000 List, I'm ready to build a backup server and have two questions... 1) Is ZFS as of 8.1 Release considered to be ready for mission critical? 2) If I put ZFS on top of geli, will this, in any way, (other than performance) impair ZFS's features? For example would stuff like the ability to self heal and what not, still work? As I understand it, I can just treat a geli like a generic block device, right? Thanks! -Modulok-