> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Nomen Nescio > > Hi ladies and gents, I've got a new Solaris 10 development box with ZFS > mirror root using 500G drives. I've got several extra 320G drives and I'm > wondering if there's any way I can use these to good advantage in this > box. I've got enough storage for my needs with the 500G pool. At this point > I would be looking for a way to speed things up if possible or add > redundancy if necessary but I understand I can't use these smaller drives to > stripe the root pool, so what would you suggest? Thanks.
Generally, you choose your data pool config based on data size, redundancy, and performance requirements. If those are all satisfied with your single mirror, the only thing left for you to do is think about splitting your data off onto a separate pool due to better performance etc. (Because there are things you can't do with the root pool, such as striping and raidz) That's all there is to it. To split, or not to split. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
