Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:49:39 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS boot with two disks Message-ID: <AANLkTikWZsW3Xx51g-9ETbVVKEFTD=VF9D2Y4wNiCdcN@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <594535bccc011ccc8d2cabb2dc7fecb9@gmail.com> References: <594535bccc011ccc8d2cabb2dc7fecb9@gmail.com>
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On 2 August 2010 20:06, Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm wanting to set up a simple home file server and basic dev box with > FreeBSD. I have two 500GB disks that I want to put in it, one of which is > empty after cleaning up. I hope to use gpt and zfs for the disks, but I'm > unsure about some parts. A lot of the stuff referring to booting doesn't > mention concating disks(I'll take my risks) for root. I do want the second > disk bootable as a fixit disk. > > For a fixit disk, is it better to use UFS or use ZFS for consistency? If I > use two pools, one for booting and the other for data, how much of the > system needs to be on the booting pool? I'm hoping to set up the disks > before putting into the new computer, so will adding the second disk's space > to the pool cause any problems? Everything I've looked at talks about > single disk booting or using a raid just for data storage, so this seems to > be a lesser used approach. > > And finally, would it just be better to stick with tried and true UFS with > the MBR or are the benefits good enough? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you are adament that you want to start slicing up your disks into multiple pools you are probably better off ufs for os and zfs for data as you will have far less hassle doing this. Having said that I have a two pool system, on for os the rest for data and it works well. You might want to look at installing the fbsd will the pcbsd installer as it makes the zfs install fairly easy
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