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From: Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com>
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Subject: Re: Converting sysinstalled FreeBSD into ZFS-only server.
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>>>>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:22:42 -0400, Andriy Bakay said:
> 
> 3. Could you be more verbose about your ZFS layout, what major advantages
> it provide against for example the following:
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot. I found it very interesting
> but I need more info.

Are you referring to mounting "/" from the inner dataset called system/root
(rather that using the root dataset like in GPTZFSBoot)?

I think an inner dataset is better for "/" because it gives you more
flexibility later.  In particular, you can do zfs destroy on it (which is
impossible on the root dataset).  You can also have alternate roots for
different OS versions.

__Martin