Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 10:21:06 -0600 From: Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swap, ZFS & ARC Message-ID: <1484659b-216a-3491-e569-8e67fda3bfcc@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c70BKF1xrExMKWQeTJtDhOqJVqISFp9RjHFwT0XWDh3sTXyi0NMRkVhOyp_YkTXXAV7Dtm4tK4_XsOwSXuZRT39ObYtFpPoe6biv22jMNnM=@insane.engineer> References: <ysSGWaXF7vCDubzgFdov_9k6SMLNdZ3-zHV-2LOraYOxV_8yoAkDVPqDSicYsgBw1KdL6BjP4FkK1KFs7NKZ4RRXcSDxVe_Qy_i7b_5AbSI=@insane.engineer> <1689ba8c-a317-ce1f-2854-99566468a9ed@grosbein.net> <c70BKF1xrExMKWQeTJtDhOqJVqISFp9RjHFwT0XWDh3sTXyi0NMRkVhOyp_YkTXXAV7Dtm4tK4_XsOwSXuZRT39ObYtFpPoe6biv22jMNnM=@insane.engineer>
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On 2/2/23 09:45, jbo@insane.engineer wrote: >> I prefer not doing this. That is, all my systems have swap partition outside of ZFS pool. > This isn't really achievable on your average "single disk" desktop systems, right? > Assuming I'm not missing something (which is why I came here to ask), a "regular" or "default" installation through the FreeBSD installer would setup a swap partition within the zpool, right? > Yes, it is. You can install to a UFS partition + swap, leaving most of the disk unused. After install, create the ZFS pool on the free space. I use this strategy for mission-critical servers, since I've run into occasional boot problems using root on ZFS. -- Life is a game. Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.
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