On 18/02/2011 15:59, Daniel Staal wrote:
I've been reading over the ZFS-only-boot instructions linked here:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS (and further linked from there) and have one
worry:
Let's say I install a FreeBSD system using a ZFS-only filesystem into a
box with hotswapable hard
--As of February 19, 2011 12:01:37 PM +, Matthew Seaman is alleged to
have said:
Let's say I install a FreeBSD system using a ZFS-only filesystem into a
box with hotswapable hard drives, configured with some redundancy. Time
passes, one of the drives fails, and it is replaced and rebuilt
On 19/02/2011 13:18, Daniel Staal wrote:
Why wouldn't it be? The configuration in the Wiki article sets aside a
small freebsd-boot partition on each drive, and the instructions tell
you to install boot blocks as part of that partitioning process. You
would have to repeat those steps when you
--As of February 19, 2011 2:44:38 PM +, Matthew Seaman is alleged to
have said:
Umm... a sufficiently forgetful sysadmin can break *anything*. This
isn't really a fair test: forgetting to write the boot blocks onto a
disk could similarly render a UFS based system unbootable. That's why
On 19 February 2011 15:35, Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net wrote:
--As of February 19, 2011 2:44:38 PM +, Matthew Seaman is alleged to
have said:
Umm... a sufficiently forgetful sysadmin can break *anything*. This
isn't really a fair test: forgetting to write the boot blocks onto a
disk
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On 2/18/11, Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net wrote:
I've been reading over the ZFS-only-boot instructions linked here:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS (and further linked from there) and have one
worry:
Let's say I
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:35:35 -0500
From: Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net
Subject: Re: ZFS-only booting on FreeBSD
[[.. sneck ..]]
Basically, if a ZFS boot drive fails, you are likely to get the following
scenario:
1) 'What do I need to do to replace a disk in the ZFS pool?'
2) 'Oh
On 19/02/2011 15:35, Daniel Staal wrote:
I'm still not clear on whether a ZFS-only system will boot with a failed
drive in the root ZFS pool.
If it's a mirror, raidz or similar pool type with resilience, then yes,
it certainly will boot with a failed drive. Been there, done that.
--As of February 19, 2011 2:12:20 PM -0600, Robert Bonomi is alleged to
have said:
A non-ZFS boot drive results in immediate, _guaranteed_, down-time for
replacement if/when it fails.
A ZFS boot drive lets you replace the drive and *schedule* the down-time
(for a 'test' re-boot, to make
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net wrote:
I see the advantage, and that it offers higher levels of resiliency and if
properly handled should cause no problems. I just hate relying on humans to
remember things and follow directions. That's what computers are for.
Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote:
A non-ZFS boot drive results in immediate, _guaranteed_,
down-time for replacement if/when it fails.
Not if it is gmirrored and hot-pluggable.
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I've been reading over the ZFS-only-boot instructions linked here:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS (and further linked from there) and have one
worry:
Let's say I install a FreeBSD system using a ZFS-only filesystem into a
box with hotswapable hard drives, configured with some redundancy. Time
I've been reading over the ZFS-only-boot instructions linked here:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS (and further linked from there) and have one
worry:
Let's say I install a FreeBSD system using a ZFS-only filesystem into a
box with hotswapable hard drives, configured with some redundancy. Time
Sorry for the dupe, I did send them about 8 hours apart...
Daniel T. Staal
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