From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 11:11:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B810A1065674 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:11:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khaelin@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 448828FC1A for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:11:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khaelin@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1272921fgb.35 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:10:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=Y0T2DJSkq5DjbSu7UodwvffW9ZrHFXpirkDYu4Q21zE=; b=x9shf4Yfcyw7MdAcMzSat6PIrK1GKpYfrMpg42pUekQFBeqcuACWjWrPIb4w12w95w GqefSmAxIt50vqEvnMQBCv1GNNQwTy2Af3XBhPlpXfZ19N6fnZ1kand8D8rhZEDhAo+2 pDxZYJbWvUM2hBGpSrA98vtNiWu1cnLjYVRS0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; b=qSjgfLrk0MCGtUFnGhEAaODE9lcyNjSdw5+MYCskf3O5RCf6AW6TPKPEFYU86M8l5S UNDfsGc0TgzmXAtiIMEwzGRjUrOemMvWnJXKcHpM4/9C5SgMW6VtZtusIgHue7MXG8IG tVJxsZSiXCUqEbTrcAunMYD1///h/3XW3Xgpg= Received: by 10.103.2.14 with SMTP id e14mr6041142mui.104.1225536443712; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:47:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from valhala (bur91-2-82-231-160-213.fbx.proxad.net [82.231.160.213]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g1sm16561565muf.8.2008.11.01.03.47.22 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:47:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:47:17 +0100 From: Nicolas Martyanoff To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081101114717.0ffc2ec8@valhala> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1 (GTK+ 2.14.4; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/SKY06cbqLaTLSI8I4cVzqn4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: Subject: ZFS for a desktop computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:11:00 -0000 --Sig_/SKY06cbqLaTLSI8I4cVzqn4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm thinking about switching my main desktop to FreeBSD for various reasons (main one, I love it on my laptop and server), and I've been considering using ZFS. I'd like to have a disk-modular system, ie.: - Being able to have mirroring. - Being able to add new disks without effort. - Being able to add new disks AND mirroring disks (spare disks ?) at the same time. I'm gonna begin with 2x 1TB disks with mirroring, and I'd like to be able to add, if needed, new disks, for example 2x 1.5TB to get 2.5TB diskspace fully mirrored. The whole process shouldn't need to reinstall the system, or to change the slice/partition layout, ie. be totally transparent for the data. And for this particular need, ZFS seems to be the way to go. However, I'm a bit worried about FreeBSD's ZFS implementation: - I've got a 64bits dual core 2GHz CPU, but can't use an amd64 FreeBSD since Xen, NVidia drivers and wine don't work on it; but ZFS is said to be unsuitable for i386. - It's said you can't boot from a ZFS pool. So could you please tell me if using ZFS is ok for me, or should I use a gmirror system (but I don't think I can easily add new disks to this). Thank you. --=20 Nicolas Martyanoff http://codemore.org khaelin@gmail.com --Sig_/SKY06cbqLaTLSI8I4cVzqn4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEQEARECAAYFAkkMM7YACgkQnpG6nbz56uMkuQCfengV77mXCiP15aBzazMt1UyU /REAj3y2Q8gt81qxcdl1tkzNCLiG2w== =ZPkN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/SKY06cbqLaTLSI8I4cVzqn4--