From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Jan 12 18:10:40 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087104E1438 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:10:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from smtp4.via.net (smtp4.via.net [209.81.0.254]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "via.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DFdsq0prGz4S0Y for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from mail.via.net (mail.via.net [157.22.3.34]) by smtp4.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTPS id 10CIAa79002568 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:10:37 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at smtp4.via.net Received: from [209.81.2.65] ([209.81.2.65]) by mail.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTP id 10CIAatW004677 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:10:36 -0800 (PST) From: joe mcguckin Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Subject: Preparing ZFS drives Message-Id: Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:10:26 -0800 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (smtp4.via.net [209.81.0.254]); Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:10:37 -0800 (PST) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DFdsq0prGz4S0Y X-Spamd-Bar: - X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.41 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.39)[0.389]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[joe]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[209.81.0.254:from]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[209.81.0.254:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[via.net]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+MX]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[209.81.0.254:from]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7091, ipnet:209.81.0.0/18, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:10:40 -0000 Folks, I want to buy some 16TB drives and raid them up How should I label and prepare the drives for ZFS? Someone ought to = write a =E2=80=98cookbook=E2=80=99 on that! Do I need to start the volume on a particular sector boundary? Are the 4096 byte sector drives usable? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax