Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:37:59 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Nicolas Martyanoff <khaelin@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS for a desktop computer Message-ID: <20081101113759.GW8256@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <20081101114717.0ffc2ec8@valhala> References: <20081101114717.0ffc2ec8@valhala>
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--K0M4iRgkWWXhiQ9N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 11:47:17AM +0100, Nicolas Martyanoff wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > 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.: >=20 > - 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > However, I'm a bit worried about FreeBSD's ZFS implementation: >=20 > - 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. >=20 > - It's said you can't boot from a ZFS pool. >=20 > 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). >=20 > Thank you. You could try PC-BSD. There you can install the system with ZFS from the graphical installer.=20 --K0M4iRgkWWXhiQ9N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkMP5cACgkQKc512sD3afjzpwCgmybxLjKeTYc++uaY7btQZHw0 LFwAoIBBgi6vhERN7sKi6Suz8os+IyIY =rmh6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K0M4iRgkWWXhiQ9N--
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