Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 21:30:14 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: james@mansionfamily.plus.com Cc: Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS - whole disk or partition or BSD slice? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK0kUM5jOR-COWyiz1z45so874Dv06rzQbNJisi0z89SmA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <510D360E.7090100@mansionfamily.plus.com> References: <5105BEE4.4030402@mansionfamily.plus.com> <5105D611.4000506@ShaneWare.Biz> <7D460604-8F6B-454F-B717-678F64A75062@kraus-haus.org> <510D360E.7090100@mansionfamily.plus.com>
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On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 9:51 AM, james <james@mansionfamily.plus.com> wrote: > On 28/01/2013 16:10, Paul Kraus wrote: > >> I have been using ZFS with GPT partitions with no issues. I have >> NOT compared performance between whole disk and partitioned, which is where >> the difference in Solaris arises (ZFS makes better use of the physical >> drive's write cache). >> > > Well, it is the write cache manipulation and flushing that I'd like to > have turned on. Anyone know what the score is with FreeBSD? It is on. Whether it's a raw drive or partition, the device is under control of GEOM. ZFS talks fine with either. Just make sure partitions are 4k aligned if necessary. -- Adam Vande More
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