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[67.187.148.40]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id im23-20020a170902bb1700b0017c37a5a2fdsm1980426plb.216.2022.11.05.12.16.47 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:16:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 12:15:06 -0700 From: Joe B To: Freebsd Questions Subject: Zfs Guide Message-ID: <20221105191506.ufa4nexieim3dhzu@freebsd> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4N4S0d3qZyz3h35 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=fOyw2r11; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of jb1277976@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::641 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=jb1277976@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.46 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.962]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20210112]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::641:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Hello again, Sorry for all the questions but i want to start somehwere, the forums take a while for me to get approved but it seems very friendly here. So when i installed freeBSD about 5 days ago i noticed that it auto did ZFS pool and everything didn't know why but i went with it. Trying to understand it i looked online for some guides and the zfs fs seems very intresting, snapshots, compression everything. It seems that it was really made for two drives not one. i kinda understand if my internal hdd goes out then i would have a backup. Currently setup a VM with freebsd and want to test zfs. should i make two disk hard drives in the VM to test or should i be able to just play with one ? Also the only guides that are offical are the handbook, New and old and other guides i found. 1. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/zfs/ 2, https://is.gd/GGTjK8 3. https://somedudesays.com/2021/08/the-basic-guide-to-working-with-zfs/ 4. https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS 5. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS 6. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ZFS Don't know if we are suppose to post links that aren't part of freeBSD here but i'm learning everyday if we can't just tell me so i know in the future. What do you guys recommend? Thanks Joe B