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Michael W Lucas, critically acclaimed author of many BSD books, introduces the long awaited FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS co-written.
susannej
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Hello,
after using a FreeNAS system in our company several years now, I started to playing around at home with FreeBSD with a ZFS-mirror.
But for one thing, I have a question:
creating a pool with a disk, attaching a bigger one to the pool to make a mirror and replacing the first smaler one with also a bigger one and autoexpanded etc.
All this I've done without partition the disk or used gpart.
Would it be better (or neccessary) to partition the disks before with gpart or doesn't it matter if I use the whole disks for ZFS. (I only found examples on the WEB, where gpart is used before...)
Would be nice if you would give me a bit of background about it.
Thanks in advance,
susannej.
after using a FreeNAS system in our company several years now, I started to playing around at home with FreeBSD with a ZFS-mirror.
But for one thing, I have a question:
creating a pool with a disk, attaching a bigger one to the pool to make a mirror and replacing the first smaler one with also a bigger one and autoexpanded etc.
All this I've done without partition the disk or used gpart.
Would it be better (or neccessary) to partition the disks before with gpart or doesn't it matter if I use the whole disks for ZFS. (I only found examples on the WEB, where gpart is used before...)
Would be nice if you would give me a bit of background about it.
Thanks in advance,
susannej.
Publisher Description
ZFS, the fast, flexible, self-healing filesystem, revolutionized data storage. Leveraging ZFS changes everything about managing FreeBSD systems.
With FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, you’ll learn to:
select hardware for ZFS systems
arrange your storage for optimal performance
configure datasets that match your enterprise’s needs
repair and monitor storage pools
expand your storage
use compression to enhance performance
determine if deduplication is right for your data
understand how copy-on-write changes everything
snapshot filesystems
automatically rotate snapshots
clone filesystems
optimize how ZFS uses and manages space
customize FreeBSD ZFS installs
Whether you’re a long-term FreeBSD administrator or a new user, FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS will help you simplify storage.
Master ZFS with FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS
With FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, you’ll learn to:
select hardware for ZFS systems
arrange your storage for optimal performance
configure datasets that match your enterprise’s needs
repair and monitor storage pools
expand your storage
use compression to enhance performance
determine if deduplication is right for your data
understand how copy-on-write changes everything
snapshot filesystems
automatically rotate snapshots
clone filesystems
optimize how ZFS uses and manages space
customize FreeBSD ZFS installs
Whether you’re a long-term FreeBSD administrator or a new user, FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS will help you simplify storage.
Master ZFS with FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS
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