Re: zfs on raw vs gpt

2021-07-31 Thread Michael van Elst
pouya+lists.net...@nohup.io (Pouya Tafti) writes: >On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 at 19:10 +0100, David Brownlee wrote: >> I started setting up using raw /dev/wdX or /dev/sdX devices, but >> switched across to ZFS gpt partitions. Both work fine, but for me: >> [...] >Your list of pros and cons was very help

Re: zfs on raw vs gpt

2021-07-31 Thread Pouya Tafti
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 at 19:10 +0100, David Brownlee wrote: > [...] > I started setting up using raw /dev/wdX or /dev/sdX devices, but > switched across to ZFS gpt partitions. Both work fine, but for me: > [...] Your list of pros and cons was very helpful, thank you. I decided to follow your approa

Re: zfs on raw vs gpt

2021-07-30 Thread David Brownlee
On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 21:08, Pouya Tafti wrote: > > Hi NetBSD users, > > Any advice on using zfs on raw disks vs gpt partitions? I'm > going to use entire disks for zfs and don't need > root-on-zfs. One advantage of using partitions seems to be > to protect against the risk of having to replace

zfs on raw vs gpt

2021-07-29 Thread Pouya Tafti
Hi NetBSD users, Any advice on using zfs on raw disks vs gpt partitions? I'm going to use entire disks for zfs and don't need root-on-zfs. One advantage of using partitions seems to be to protect against the risk of having to replace a disk by a marginally smaller one. But I'm wondering if there