Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:41:39 +0200 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: Howard Leadmon <howard@leadmon.net> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs in production? Message-ID: <20070930084138.GA57688@hyperion.scode.org> In-Reply-To: <019301c80339$f34e6700$081872cf@Leadmon.local> References: <46F7EDD7.6060904@psg.com> <46F84E94.8070706@FreeBSD.org> <019301c80339$f34e6700$081872cf@Leadmon.local>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > Is ZFS available in amd64 yet? Yes. In fact amd64 is preferred. > If so, is there any way to load a new server > and use ZFS instead of UFS2 from the start? If you do not intend to use ZFS for the root file system or similar, you can just install as usual making sure to reserve space/drives as appropriate. Then begin using ZFS after upgrading to -CURRENT. If you want root-on-ZFS you'll have to either install one one device and then do some acrobatics to convert the root file system, or boot from some external media and perform a more custom installation (e.g., install a modern -CURRENT on a USB stick, then use 'make installworld', 'make distribution' etc to set up your system like you would a jail). > As I just have one RAID array on > the servers I use, so not like I add additional drives in the future? Note that you will loose some functionality (self-healing) if using ZFS on hardware RAID. -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFG/2FCDNor2+l1i30RAvrwAKCH6kFA7gIuUk1KOEPz9MNnQOuIZgCgoh+8 XzeX3eBUEll+Sk0TFe0HsUE= =oMLf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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