From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 4 15:21:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D45B1A99916 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:21:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x230.google.com (mail-wm0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F3D71899; Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:21:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x230.google.com with SMTP id r129so216827415wmr.0; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:21:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=kqL8aCCoqjPmp5QSIErLRYwVu2PwPx8ltG1jushSam8=; b=c5xY1RjkscGo2IsOp4tOR8GLlepgaNjazzzrknM6kFuNuGRW1zJ4ZJe1k/3+1m1CZc 92s5ZvQk2msleje2sYNw28U01rT2kL/sivCDtIw5ICDaMRaK6nc4B2eml+X0Hb6GX8eT 6p1rT3FVqySmsr5pbWJxX1UcaOkGEsqg/TFOFZ6MDhXcB1GoxFKxBRJTOTkv3DPs4RmC y9xVeHN/KVkZUoLX4efznwgIeAcs2ND0U9tdqYp0ME/KBrSKyWeWYAIqNMv16pG7Ovdn PJBYBIvKWpxWvUQ6AmzmPtkAY1x/BRQYVTVm5HYcqQa3nrrF4CB2cqCtvm3pnGYjWlaW johg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=kqL8aCCoqjPmp5QSIErLRYwVu2PwPx8ltG1jushSam8=; b=O3oOgy6ViF82udMQ8onVF05uKK0DysYhyWsIEZ49xdr3VgzbuOItq6+uaAvqMQkwOh Xhy+d19YLwrif1zQprqw9j2ZX8NZOxoGnlDVEwZ0rPL+/ZTpU9CtYzpTviF0xk3FU8hO VyI0vLlSQy3Z34qVOu/xX2QllH/o3cWODIRnItmBaeF5oUvKSDRqadkVFk1r+dxBKKFX xX+jsm7peft+1VtT6gEH6QYRFZvAPfZUiqfwCiNfTgffiI38U8Y8qlr6aHOv/4UXbskp NU0RBroIKE2Xy1/WefUaD+GJiMhyvMsj68ANzTgGqiygfVooEFlvmNCfcMwWKN7c+QaK cErw== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOT3Ew9URukduXmYhi6iLDR2N65ybAYgc8tPw0WT/ZhbV+TQohMv6sAS9HnkIsuhlVhphUscxKwhfxNyQA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.117.5 with SMTP id ka5mr9058354wjb.20.1454599261855; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:21:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.28.55.132 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Feb 2016 07:21:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86lh707dbr.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <56B30C42.1030006@FreeBSD.org> <86lh707dbr.fsf@WorkBox.Home> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:21:01 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Migrating ZFS on Linux pools to FreeBSD From: krad To: "Brandon J. Wandersee" Cc: Matthew Seaman , FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:21:04 -0000 to add a bit more, both kernels use the same zfs core code, as do most illumos based OS's. So there shouldn't be compatibility issues as others have said as long as the feature flags supported by the kernel are = or > the pool versions. http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_Page On 4 February 2016 at 14:35, Brandon J. Wandersee < brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> wrote: > > Matthew Seaman writes: > > >> I understand FreeBSD's ZFS implementation is more mature and pre-dates > >> the Linux port, and some web searches indicate the two may not be > >> entirely compatible. > > To add to what Matthew said: if FreeBSD uses a more recent version of > zpool, and you run `zpool upgrade` on FreeBSD, I presume that would be a > point of no return. And while I can't say for certain--since I've never > tried it--actively sharing a single zpool between two operating systems > might be a bit of a pain. You'd need to export the pool from one system > and then import it to the other on every boot, no? > > In short, permanently moving a pool from Linux to FreeBSD shouldn't be > any hassle. Moving in the other direction, however... > > -- > ================================================================= > :: Brandon Wandersee :: > :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: > ================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >