From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 26 15:39:04 2009 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 252F7106566C for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:39:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA79F8FC15 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:39:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-150-102-19.bna.bellsouth.net [72.150.102.19]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9QFd0dx069987 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:39:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Pete French In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:38:55 -0500 Message-Id: <1256571535.2502.221.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: whats best pracfive for ZFS on a whole disc these days ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:39:04 -0000 On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 11:19 +0000, Pete French wrote: > just about to build a new ZFS based system and I was wondering > what the recommended way to dedicate a whole disc to ZFS is > these days. Should I just give it 'da1', 'da2' etc as I have > done in the past, or is it better to use GPT to create a > partition over the whole disc, which is marked as > being for freebsd-zfs ? > > Not that I have had any problems with simply using bare > drives, but the phrase 'dangerously dedicated' does keep > nagging at me, hence considering the GPT route :-) Others may have different opinions, but if your drives are dedicated to zfs and you don't intend to try and boot from them, I see no reason not to continue giving the whole disk to zfs. robert. > cheers, > > -pete. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland FreeBSD