Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 20:00:15 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror Message-ID: <20120208200015.75cdf295@mpw> In-Reply-To: <20120208134259.1da6e837.web@3dresearch.com> References: <20120208134259.1da6e837.web@3dresearch.com>
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:42:59 -0500 Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > May be I should have searched more for answers, but after installing > FreeBSD 9 with gmirror, I am wondering if the experts here have some > recommendations for "best practices". > > 1. The Guided partitioning doesn't suggest any more to > create /var, /tmp, /usr, etc. file systems. Is it really the > recommendation to go with just / ? This is a bad recommendation I think, but you can accept guidance and the adjust to your needs. > > 2. Is there a way to use the old sysinstall to install FreeBSD 9? Yes, harder to use, or no the new installer should have some more sane defaults > > 3. It seems that setting up gmirror is more involved with GPT > (http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/1071); now I have a mirror > for each of the filesystems /, /var, /tmp, etc. Is it OK to use > gmirror in this way at all? > > 4. Also, with GPT, one has to be in single user mode to synchronize > disks - correct? > > 3. Assuming one has enough RAM, is zfs mirror or raidz recommended > over gmirror? gmirror, still I think > > Prior to FreeBSD 9, I used to take the the sysinstall defaults with > some overrides as I thought appropriate and proceeded to set up > gmirror - it was simple and not a lot of work, and a good way to make > use of older systems... I think the new installer is quite good, but needs some shaving around the rough edges Cheers Disclaimer: http://www.ose.nl/email
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