From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1BE713933E for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 15:09:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FF31E0896; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 15:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw2.antarean.org (gw2.antarean.org [141.105.125.208]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5E0AE077D for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 15:09:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GGdhL1bNtz8wD9 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:06:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw2.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw2.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Kj7VQYg7LA_N for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:06:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GGdhK6LGxz8vlH for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:06:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GGdlf4Y7qz15 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:09:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from mailstore1.adm.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailstore1.adm.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BwRIaQBJfugU for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:09:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from iris.localnet (iris.adm.antarean.org [10.55.16.47]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4GGdlf2cvgz13 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:09:18 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=antarean.org; s=default; t=1625238558; bh=uIKs2+NTR4Ttgaz7LyRnE920rVRacX/BWwKj4iMQiJE=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=jap9J4Z45x9sXqm44s7cvEsH6K7szhdaalX3OO9eh5oZkisS6kw3LJJUW3qZx3W5V 8WQGVLqkEFtXYO9T6RKxYgWlgGec4o+7Ky0VJfgGNO9I1hrVnGHDNgjKTSpZWLpatp Kz0v+Fnh8rkuas8RLi0AOLZkIxmtU0CiEoMXwj2Q= From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Using an odd number of drives in ZFS RaidZ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:09:18 +0200 Message-ID: <11806788.O9o76ZdvQC@iris> In-Reply-To: <9bcb86c6-9a63-fc05-7481-6b7609ca1b3f@iinet.net.au> References: <9bcb86c6-9a63-fc05-7481-6b7609ca1b3f@iinet.net.au> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: 641adae2-e150-4357-a719-716d59e49ff9 X-Archives-Hash: d2aaef234de8c036625e2c96955bd4b8 On Thursday, July 1, 2021 3:29:03 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: > On 1/7/21 7:31 am, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Am Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 09:45:13PM +0100 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > >> On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:56:49 +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > >>> I reached 80 % usage (which is the recommended maximum for ZFS) and am > >>> now evaluating my options for the coming years. > >>> ... > > Are you welded to ZFS? Is BTRFS or another alternative viable as it > might handle the different drive sizes more elegantly? (e.g., btrfs raid > handles different sized disks quite well) Last I checked, BTRFS doesn't have any RAID5/6 equivalent. And mirrored has too much storage-loss. -- Joost