Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 18:23:18 -0400 From: Eric Damien <jafa82@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS: separate pools Message-ID: <201005081823.18439.jafa82@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100504023457.GD7641@dmr.ath.cx> References: <201005021536.05389.jafa82@gmail.com> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1005032211590.35361@hotlap.local> <20100504023457.GD7641@dmr.ath.cx>
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On Monday 03 May 2010 22:34:57 Emil Mikulic wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:16:57PM -0400, Charles Sprickman wrote: > > Just some random data. I know when I was reading about ZFS I did > > come across some vague notion that zfs wanted the entire drive to > > better deal with queueing, not sure if that was official Sun docs or > > some random blog though... > > ZFS on Solaris only enables write caching when it's given an entire disk. > pjd@ has stated that this does not affect FreeBSD, only Solaris. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > So, correct me if I am wrong: 1- I need to let go the slice/partitions concepts and now think in matter of pool/filesystems ? 2- And assuming "1-" is right, I have to dedicate an entire disk to a zpool ? 3- If "2-" is also true, my preoccupation now is, when I shall need to reinstall the OS, what are the steps to go through in order to preserve my data - especially the "/home" filesystem -, across the two installations ?
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