From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 15 10:41:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31CB016A417 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:41:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2001:1b20:1:3::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AADC613C457 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:40:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lAFAeqFU062383; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lAFAepaY062382; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:51 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200711151040.lAFAepaY062382@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@meijome.net In-Reply-To: <20071108102625.2cf396c4@meijome.net> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:58 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Filesystems in 7.0 & reliability X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@meijome.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:41:00 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > Any issues with ZFS on a single HD ? I think it's currently not recommended to use swapfiles on ZFS. Other than that, I'm not aware of any issues. > any point doing that? Sure! Getting rid of static partition sizes, checksums for everything (preventing silent corruption), the ability to store multiple copies of important files, compression, and lots of other useful things. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'