From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 7 21:56:17 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0864366DD72 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2021 21:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from support@safeport.com) Received: from freeport.safeport.com (freeport.safeport.com [147.160.157.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4H3zcJ0CtNz4p0B for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2021 21:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from support@safeport.com) Received: from bucksport.safeport.com (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by freeport.safeport.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C997AEB22C; Tue, 7 Sep 2021 17:50:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 17:51:05 -0400 (EDT) From: DTD To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: zfs newbie Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4H3zcJ0CtNz4p0B X-Spamd-Bar: +++++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=fail (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of support@safeport.com does not designate 147.160.157.114 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=support@safeport.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [7.34 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_SPF_FAIL(1.00)[-all:c]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.84)[0.838]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[safeport.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROMTLD(0.00)[]; VIOLATED_DIRECT_SPF(3.50)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6405, ipnet:147.160.157.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-Spam: Yes X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:52:17 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:56:17 -0000 Following the default 12.2 zfs install I got one pool (zroot) and a dataset for each of the traditional mount points. So zfs list shows: NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT zroot 279G 6.75T 88K /zroot zroot/ROOT 1.74G 6.75T 88K none zroot/ROOT/default 1.74G 6.75T 1.74G / zroot/tmp 176K 6.75T 176K /tmp zroot/usr 277G 6.75T 88K /usr zroot/usr/home 276G 6.75T 276G /usr/home zroot/usr/ports 88K 6.75T 88K /usr/ports zroot/usr/src 670M 6.75T 670M /usr/src zroot/var 47.5M 6.75T 88K /var zroot/var/audit 88K 6.75T 88K /var/audit zroot/var/crash 88K 6.75T 88K /var/crash zroot/var/log 820K 6.75T 820K /var/log zroot/var/mail 46.3M 6.75T 46.3M /var/mail zroot/var/tmp 88K 6.75T 88K /var/tmp I had consultant configure another service for us. He set up the disk array with one dataset. so zfs list on this system give: NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT zroot 2.65G 13.2T 2.62G legacy >From a sysadmin view I rather like the multiple datasets. Are there advantages to one over the other? _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com support@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277