Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:35:52 +0200 From: Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com> To: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 and swap on zfs Message-ID: <51652468.6010806@h3q.com> In-Reply-To: <51642E22.404@gmail.com> References: <9407C6ED-3B4C-4BA2-8B88-F8A998E0A847@free.de> <5162CBE8.5050104@madpilot.net> <AF006790-64C2-49AA-9ED2-32917F514565@free.de> <51642E22.404@gmail.com>
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Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: > 09.04.2013 15:15, Kai Gallasch: >>> My suggestion is: >>> >>> if you want stability and don't have specific disk layout problems >>> create a separate swap. >> >> >> I think I'll repartition and swap to a gmirror device then. >> This also has the advantage of being able to write kernel dumps to the >> swap (not possible with a ZVOL bases swap AFAIK) > > Be sure to use -b prefer for that as when dump is written it goes to the > first component. Man page is a bit outdated as we currently miss > /etc/rc.early. And I guess you should make sure to use -F so gmirror doesn't try to resync your invalid swap data after a crash! greetings, Philipp
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