From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 27 00:33:26 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 32ADC106566C for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:33:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheusber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6BAF8FC18 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so10406486yxe.3 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:33:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:received:received :message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority :importance; bh=3PqcstslRFX5eCij95ul21h+UBoXm0/ysvZazaKguDw=; b=md/8+sXilVNOwpahe/5k/bX5tm/ml1P1DzsBYq9g360Stb0FZyDmfc9I3BXSomYbap 3Pu5GCr//SfJ8guO3XA238dno+LCu79Gg34djHou5w5aoy//wmWngzneBvDbcU7bvU2g 0zBZ52oXj9yFlNjgIxWQ+IpQu7xnjCBpb2ekY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-priority:importance; b=DSVtu9tG0k0Do2JnxadQjw4hFdomXWRJHFV0TgEMbqN9oyZtw4QkaQdI4lLI1IYDc7 Lok9cLbHWkdfwizWq5/cDiiYravMiYXrZaTTDRUsoxcUIwcWgYsFWN0hsjOu88e2kt1P QJJApYmTL+scpOZW5ppbuyGZEpxB+kQOjppd0= Received: by 10.91.16.37 with SMTP id t37mr1727517agi.111.1256603605272; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:33:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cygnus.homeunix.com ([189.71.126.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm1561440yxe.38.2009.10.26.17.33.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:33:24 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Nenhum_de_Nos Received: by cygnus.homeunix.com (Postfix, from userid 80) id 8655FB8063; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:33:17 -0300 (BRT) Received: from 10.1.1.80 (SquirrelMail authenticated user matheus) by lamneth with HTTP; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:33:17 -0200 (BRST) Message-ID: <712807c9d3c501520c438cd84a0981eb.squirrel@lamneth> In-Reply-To: <1256571535.2502.221.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <1256571535.2502.221.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:33:17 -0200 (BRST) From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal 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: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:33:26 -0000 On Mon, October 26, 2009 13:38, Robert Noland wrote: > 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. hear somewhere (current@ or stable@) that this may give hard time in case of disk replacement. I may not find exact the same size and trouble may com from this. never tried though. please correct me if I'm wrong. matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style