Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:37:48 +0700
From:      Edho P Arief <edhoprima@gmail.com>
To:        krad <kraduk@gmail.com>
Cc:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>, fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFR][ZFS] Add "zpool labelclear" command.
Message-ID:  <BANLkTi=_m0kXdc5AwuyD5rVbhgs9qqfRtg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin4c1i4-V%2B3OU3w5hae2%2BS66Wsacg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4DF7CDD0.8040108@scsiguy.com> <20110615120524.GI1975@garage.freebsd.pl> <4DF8ACD3.1070202@scsiguy.com> <F15F5657-9043-4AD6-8AA7-FD8E5DB8C24C@itassistans.se> <BANLkTin4c1i4-V%2B3OU3w5hae2%2BS66Wsacg@mail.gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:02 PM, krad <kraduk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Its worth noting that its not necessarily a good idea to let zfs handle a
> raw disk. There is a good argument that you should partition/slice it up
> with a gig or so less capacity than the drive has.This is due to all drives
> X TB capacity not being equal. One block less and you new 2TB drive wont
> work in you existing array.

Actually it will. At least up to 10 MB based on my previous experience
(under openindiana oi_148, at least).



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?BANLkTi=_m0kXdc5AwuyD5rVbhgs9qqfRtg>