Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 15:44:38 +0200 From: Terje Elde <terje@elde.net> To: Roland van Laar <roland@micite.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS partitioning Message-ID: <2160B0FC-740C-4A98-8C1D-FAFD9B5C5808@elde.net> In-Reply-To: <518F975E.9080105@micite.net> References: <518F975E.9080105@micite.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 12. mai 2013, at 15:21, Roland van Laar <roland@micite.net> wrote: > I see that all the disks get the same partitions, including swap and boot?= > Why is that? And do I need those 5 boot and swap partitions? You don't need them, but there's a good chance you'll want them.=20 Long story, short version: with raidz and mirror, you survive the loss of a d= isk. If you put boot on one, and that's the disk you loose, you're up shit c= reek, having chosen not to bring a paddle. ;) It's also not a lot to loose by putting it on all of them.=20 For swap, there's also performance-reasons.=20 Terje
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?2160B0FC-740C-4A98-8C1D-FAFD9B5C5808>