From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 20 03:18:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F19481BC for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:18:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C102016BC for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:18:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8FB20813 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:09:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from web2 ([10.202.2.212]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:09:28 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to:references :subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=4RRr+bpCDpcHc2V5rease91tabs=; b=ghe pljqS0Qev0LypXJS122z0pKr2462ybU0tWhoU2MPc/HZr/IJtSdmlSRLgRVRIO2w k4asHVcvaxzJu8LVrHbsr5BUIzOPILRYuH7QpiJywAXWIAKWfRMOhedWWRJf3nPD xqz6O6gqAl5i65pwQOHGF7NPiqzZCHNdVATqxPVQ= Received: by web2.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id 40AD9540188; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:09:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1392865768.15134.85531273.410FC394@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 659FVnMXm0B3S1FwRyujP5NFSVYFl2GcIGA2okM7p7mf 1392865768 From: Mark Felder To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-4527a23f In-Reply-To: <743B7655-C13E-425B-96E1-A63611FBA043@gsoft.com.au> References: <743B7655-C13E-425B-96E1-A63611FBA043@gsoft.com.au> Subject: Re: Separate ZIL on Root Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:09:28 -0600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:18:19 -0000 On Wed, Feb 19, 2014, at 1:19, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > So, does anyone know if there is a real problem or a hold over from > Solaris? > It works just fine but it might not be "recommended". I run it on a few boxes, Glen on many. Just remove the bootfs flag from the root zpool, add the zil, and then add the boot flag back. I think this was more dangerous when the loss of a zil was a serious matter, but isn't such a concern anymore. Someone else will probably fill in details or correct me on these points :-)