Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:32:44 +0000 From: Pete French <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk> To: fjwcash@gmail.com, petefrench@ingresso.co.uk Cc: wblock@wonkity.com, mandrews@bit0.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, 000.fbsd@quip.cz, freebsd@jdc.parodius.com Subject: Re: New BSD Installer Message-ID: <E1RyPng-00016G-2N@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ7tfO1097-wnJE5Lt8mtO2FcZhNwHBmYexxnyFi=J0eNg@mail.gmail.com>
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> The problem with mirroring partitions is that you thrash the disk > during the rebuild after replacing a failed disk. And the more > partitions you have, the worse it gets. yes, this is true - actually I have had this on older machiens, and have had to stop the rebuilds of each bit until the other completes for this reason. had forgotten that.... am about to replace a failed drive in one of my 2 gmirror ++ zfs boxes, so the reminder comes at a good time ;) -pete.
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