Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:02:23 -0500 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Cc: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org>, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org>, netperf-admin@freebsd.org, netperf-users@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zoo reboot Friday Nov 20 14:00 UTC Message-ID: <a973a208-b7d1-29c8-8ef0-59b54bbf69ca@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <270b65c0-8085-fe2f-cf4f-7a2e4c17a2e8@sentex.net> References: <1f8e49ff-e3da-8d24-57f1-11f17389aa84@sentex.net> <2691e1fd-5a27-4dd0-2ef7-b1c06fd4e751@sentex.net> <A3934CD4-57C1-4215-99F2-9500CB9EDC7C@neville-neil.com> <5A5094BC-D417-4BA6-97E2-7CB522B51368@FreeBSD.org> <4ec6ed6f-b3b4-22ae-e1ec-93a46f3d88ea@sentex.net> <d2ffd0f1-1dd8-dc6b-9975-93f20d7974a4@sentex.net> <dc8fed75-0262-c614-3292-6b8ce5addcfc@sentex.net> <0ddec867-32b5-f667-d617-0ddc71726d09@sentex.net> <CAGudoHHNN8ZcgdkRSy0cSaPA6J9ZHVf%2BBQFiBcThrtQ0AMP%2BOw@mail.gmail.com> <5549CA9F-BCF4-4043-BA2F-A2C41D13D955@freebsd.org> <ad81b5f3-f6de-b908-c00f-fb8d6ac2a0b8@sentex.net> <CAGudoHETJZ0f_YjmCcUjb-Wcf1tKhSF719kXxXUB3p4RB0uuRQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGudoHH=H4Xok5HG3Hbw7S=6ggdsi%2BN4zHirW50cmLGsLnhd4g@mail.gmail.com> <270b65c0-8085-fe2f-cf4f-7a2e4c17a2e8@sentex.net>
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On 2020-11-20 12:56, mike tancsa wrote: > Its a bit of an evolutionary mess the current state of zoo. I wonder if > we are better off re-installing the base OS fresh on a pair of SSD > drives and have the base OS on it and leave all the user data on the > current "zroot"... Considering 240G SSDs are $35 CDN it might be easier > to just install fresh on it and not have to worry about resizing etc. > > ---Mike > That has many advantages. The resizing is not overly involved, and only touches the swap and bootcode, not the pool itself. Getting the OS to a fresh separate pool gives us some flexibility with zpool versions, and more ability to play with boot environments etc on zoo, so is likely a great path forward. -- Allan Jude
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