Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 14:37:08 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zfs Guide Message-ID: <20221106143708.a72fd78c67eb4b055b138449@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <D1BD1149-9E32-41B5-9532-FDB122563751@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <20221105191506.ufa4nexieim3dhzu@freebsd> <20221105210111.2b0d80ba5ffb5deca8beed22@sohara.org> <CADqw_gK4kf6zQVbvrBtYQ1WQ=gXKg--z53faO_a_Z6COWz9GXw@mail.gmail.com> <D1BD1149-9E32-41B5-9532-FDB122563751@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 09:26:22 -0500 Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > On Nov 6, 2022, at 3:43 AM, Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Let me repeat what was written recently (by David Cottlehuber, IIRC): > > ZFS-based boot environments work fine on a single disk and (IMO) > > justify using ZFS all by themselves. I wouldn't want to be without them. > > > Although you don't significantly benefit from ZFS' resiliency features in > a single-disk setup (though there is still "copies=N":), you do still > significantly benefit from the other huge feature of using ZFS: its You're both quite right I should have said something like "to get the full benefits of ZFS you need at least two drives". I have something of a data security focus :) -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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