Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 14:10:52 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zfs Guide Message-ID: <224147f5-f434-e190-43d3-6eb40ebe0316@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <20221105191506.ufa4nexieim3dhzu@freebsd> References: <20221105191506.ufa4nexieim3dhzu@freebsd>
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On 11/5/22 12:15, Joe B wrote: > Hello again, > > Sorry for all the questions but i want to start somehwere, the forums > take a while for me to get approved but it seems very friendly here. > > So when i installed freeBSD about 5 days ago i noticed that it auto did > ZFS pool and everything didn't know why but i went with it. Trying to > understand it i looked online for some guides and the zfs fs seems very > intresting, snapshots, compression everything. It seems that it was > really made for two drives not one. i kinda understand if my internal > hdd goes out then i would have a backup. > > Currently setup a VM with freebsd and want to test zfs. should i make > two disk hard drives in the VM to test or should i be able to just play > with one ? I suggest creating one virtual disk for the VM system drive and installing FreeBSD there. Once FreeBSD is up and running, create additional virtual disks for ZFS experiments -- creating pools, creating filesystems and volumes, taking snapshots of datasets, rolling back datasets from snapshots, creating clones, replication, simulated disasters and recovery, etc.. > Also the only guides that are offical are the handbook, New and old and > other guides i found. > > 1. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/zfs/ > > 2, https://is.gd/GGTjK8 > > 3. https://somedudesays.com/2021/08/the-basic-guide-to-working-with-zfs/ > > 4. https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS > > 5. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS > > 6. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ZFS > > Don't know if we are suppose to post links that aren't part of freeBSD > here but i'm learning everyday if we can't just tell me so i know in the > future. > > What do you guys recommend? "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" is the definitive academic text: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/design-and-implementation-of-the-freebsd-operating-system-the/P200000000463/9780321968975 "Absolute FreeBSD" is my favorite hands-on text: https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#af3e Note the FAQ item "Buying Books": https://mwl.io/faq "Absolute” titles, Network Flow Analysis, and other No Starch Press titles – use the coupon code ILUVMICHAEL and buy direct from No Starch Press. You get 30% off and I get commission. You pay shipping, though, which eats up the cost savings if you’re in New Zealand." https://nostarch.com/absfreebsd3 Lucas wrote other titles, including: https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmzfs https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmaz The Klara and ixSystems web sites have information about FreeBSD and ZFS: https://klarasystems.com/articles/ https://www.ixsystems.com/white-papers/ David
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