From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C401381F3 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:46:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCC9AE0D76; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f47.google.com (mail-bk0-f47.google.com [209.85.214.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B0C5E0D41 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f47.google.com with SMTP id mx12so1538302bkb.20 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:46:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HneqjWM2u8Hl62oDIID8B9QVkOB2qtNtT6kA6BdJWqs=; b=H3W1A3tBzYrHQ/fCnRU94xT/3FcX6CFGmZO2zz6bQJNUZmeB7X3DU2NhN5cQ1pgv6Y WjA5EJXIk+fndK7RDKfdRlmrQZQX2RaPbbeGxpRGYsUZFQaKx/T94Qj521MKQXuSkMoc cYJrvG0Ei2K9GlIV8GmoepK8YhDCr5tk8cTDGW+ggNOMqHlkyet89WxZJ0aQmlcajFdB yrgqrqMiI6pRmua5zJI/SJlpX6G0VD6Ypa1cu9a7kte5+X8mKyLuoJwGmwKwFlbEwH4d MGylXiF/HjUNXYv6JbRVp+IBHBE+FOPjNMpBl4dMLRVrJDdnAOcPuFd1Zh9qfRKoUcd9 dDpw== X-Received: by 10.204.238.136 with SMTP id ks8mr1094220bkb.32.1377603975075; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:46:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-210-127-149.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.127.149]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w9sm4278673bkn.12.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:46:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <521C90B2.3020805@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:42:42 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130809 Thunderbird/17.0.8 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Optional /usr merge in Gentoo References: <520A5446.1050001@mail.ru> <520DA782.4050803@sporkbox.us> <520F6333.70301@dmj.nu> <9716EEEB-144F-47AA-A828-FC9A508CE9FA@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <521090F5.4090305@gmail.com> <521122CB.4010003@libertytrek.org> <521A7EE9.8000706@gmail.com> <521AF45C.1010206@gmail.com> <521C8F22.9060200@libertytrek.org> In-Reply-To: <521C8F22.9060200@libertytrek.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 109f85d9-764c-4489-9169-5067814632e9 X-Archives-Hash: 586b5964400581b43870e66551474f2c On 27/08/2013 13:36, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-08-26 2:23 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> I run it on my NASes, and the thing that really sold me was what it lets >> me as the admin do: >> >> I get all the benefits of directories with none of the downsides. >> I get all the benefits of mount points with none of the downsides. >> I get all the benefits of discrete filesystems with none of the >> downsides. >> >> Like you say, a truly modern fs built for modern needs. > > Are these home-built NAS's running FreeBSD (or maybe FreeNAS)? Or > TrueNAS or Nexenta boxes? > > I'm wondering what the best way would be to get something set up for ZFS > file storage. I have some older servers that I can use, so was leaning > toward FreeNAS... > Mine are HP mini-servers (the cube shaped ones) with 4 SATA bays running FreeNAS 8.0.something. Dunno if you've worked with FreeNAS before, but it's literally a case of write the image to USB or flash storage and boot off it. Then play. You will need to be able to boot off a USB stick, CF card or similar, FreeNAS uses an entire drive for it's system partition and it's a shame to waste a whole high-capacity disk just for a 2G system image -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com