Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:40:05 -0700 From: Louis Kowolowski <louisk@cryptomonkeys.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pointer to info on migrating from UFS2 -> ZFS? Message-ID: <63190425-672D-4A05-AAB0-B19A49EDB739@cryptomonkeys.org> In-Reply-To: <20140421191528.GI1321@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20140421191528.GI1321@albert.catwhisker.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_37B458BB-7487-4002-9BCC-C6822210199D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I=92d probably suggest a couple things: * VirtualBox (or equiv) for setting up test environments that are easy = to create and destroy. For all the beginning stuff I can think of, you = should be able to do just fine with a virtual environment. VMs with a = half dozen virtual disks that are 2G ea come in handy with playing with = ZFS. * The (FreeBSD) handbook section (on ZFS) walks through examples, but = doesn=92t cover the theory * For reading material, I=92d probably start here: = http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Documentation I haven=92t looked at the ZFS admin guide since around 2007, there will = be some divergence between Soracle and the rest of the ZFS community, = but most of it should apply. Likewise, the ZFS best practices, and = performance tuning. On Apr 21, 2014, at 12:15 PM, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> = wrote: > At work, we have several machines presently running FreeBSD/amd64 > stable/9 @r257221 that are used for building software within a jail. > They currently use UFS2 + soft updates (no journaling). >=20 > I am interested in finding out how the behavior of one of these = systems > changes if I replace the UFS2 FS where the builds are actually done = with > a ZFS FS. >=20 > I would prefer to avoid the need to touch the machine(s) for this > exercise, so I'm interested in trying the exercise using the same > hardware -- though possibly configured somewhat differently. >=20 > What would be a good place to start my research? [Caveat: While I've > used UFS longer than ... some readers of this message have been alive, > I've not administered ZFS before.] >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Peace, > david > --=20 > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > Taliban: Evil cowards with guns afraid of truth from a 14-year old = girl. >=20 > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. -- Louis Kowolowski louisk@cryptomonkeys.org Cryptomonkeys: = http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ Making life more interesting for people since 1977 --Apple-Mail=_37B458BB-7487-4002-9BCC-C6822210199D Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJTVch/AAoJEBdbgTdYmh/mjCUL/3xk0/fVFGW7vMqvwEV0ibO2 jqOOyWsgxnQHa57ixRlyJoBw6kC+MHe3QfuvJFeQnOrv/KInYonzwC4wWadfN0d7 hJbCBkEh4jPp2VgK+C1sabJMhrrXuWBCeb/nKjKicV3/OUlvzPcKJ4m+8tRThQEf fMW9m29KUF4G/IL+9vOUE7XN1KlrkT243gsnAyjyCcEF6Qg9R2iVy07vhu0Sdeaw 5ZyHhZ7D+g6ag1270l+9OHA6yCiAOMttnv+aAoX1SEXXdJnuDtJn6h1HH0kkiQe2 ypKlckCFHBx3kFmr1/x6CxJoHkYMpzx6xgw9PkUK2bgyrCzmj+6qcpVEGNfBTNdM KNXd7XdPw2Wi6u9rb0Lml3W87fHnG/C9/m+gVCG9h8DyE9FndcNHS+ii3pmRMTQV zYlHCtuuHDUkD0mplY5/1ApiKRE0dr/gQXJol4DwTMSyQMZSLUht2o4Ug88en6/1 z5tIIHj+SovZhtnNA+HriQH+QNRCYukGmomZIsxoOg== =WFMF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_37B458BB-7487-4002-9BCC-C6822210199D--
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