From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 30 08:41:41 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6E0616A41B; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:41:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scode@hyperion.scode.org) Received: from hyperion.scode.org (cl-1361.ams-04.nl.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:960:2:550::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A74E13C478; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:41:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scode@hyperion.scode.org) Received: by hyperion.scode.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 17BB6239476; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:41:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:41:39 +0200 From: Peter Schuller To: Howard Leadmon Message-ID: <20070930084138.GA57688@hyperion.scode.org> References: <46F7EDD7.6060904@psg.com> <46F84E94.8070706@FreeBSD.org> <019301c80339$f34e6700$081872cf@Leadmon.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <019301c80339$f34e6700$081872cf@Leadmon.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs in production? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:41:41 -0000 --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Is ZFS available in amd64 yet?=20 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 =66rom 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. --=20 / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFG/2FCDNor2+l1i30RAvrwAKCH6kFA7gIuUk1KOEPz9MNnQOuIZgCgoh+8 XzeX3eBUEll+Sk0TFe0HsUE= =oMLf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl--