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 CEA221381F3 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:43:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 20EEEE0C09; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:43:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F1CAE0AB7 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:43:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f177.google.com ([209.85.220.177]:49157) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1VMYtO-000Rxa-UE for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:43:14 +0700 Received: by mail-vc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id hv10so3845017vcb.22 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:43:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=neydZgVy1+93bkwqqViLPZPodTJp/QKod+XTzFzkxwE=; b=ILaZID7K9XFt0YZPfPCzvASbt4CPmvFx/n2jRGP0HDJjNeWKXhWEirgTXUxaY7TYXi o3tAkcIe8Rok7W0KtBHXkcjI3E/qrGreDZEx0U1/1JT1OqCvqE3UHOBxTONDqCWQVBtA R8YQOuOGANWmdkIHag45fq6nbdcI6RY4iiamCatrr8G/iuOFVzZdQ+oXxg63mXCIEBpI Z1kaU+jx0DV/CI2QRhbgr6X4u1n9+RFNxOYtszrc2k0nFmEMpFm8aKBBHNFuIrPP5hEy 22dpQNZMI848DwRBG+eFTvU0mkJ0uuOUkar38YHWlTJZaQK8ro6HLpoMYj7QYfB1yIOv WbVQ== 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 X-Received: by 10.58.12.39 with SMTP id v7mr43049veb.47.1379576592466; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:43:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.163.69 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:43:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <523898A3.7000404@googlemail.com> <52389B55.6090600@libertytrek.org> <20130918042228.GG25579@server> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:43:12 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ZFS From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: svr-us4.tirtonadi.com: authenticated_id: rileyer+pandu.poluan.info/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Archives-Salt: eca7f16c-e43f-4f86-8fb4-4355c02227e4 X-Archives-Hash: ef449a673d7877178ff4e329b372ab76 On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Grant wrote: >> I think many folks are interested in upgrading to EXT4 with RAID from >> an ordinary JBOD workstation(server); or better yet to ZFS on RAID. I wi= sh >> one of the brighter minds amongst us would put out a skeleton >> (wiki) information page as such: >> >> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS+RAID >> >> I know I have struggled with completing this sort of installation >> several time in the last 6 months. I'm sure this (proposed) wiki page >> would get lots of updates from the Gentoo user community. Surely, >> I'm not qualified to do this, or it would have already been on the >> gentoo wiki.... >> >> Much of the older X + RAID pages are deprecated, when one considers >> the changes that accompany such an installation ( Grub2, UUID, fstab, >> partitioning of drives, Kernel options, just to name a few). We're >> talking about quite a bit of deviation from the standard handbook >> installation, fraught with hidden, fatal mis-steps. > > Any important points or key concepts a ZFS newbie should remember when > installing with it for the first time? > > - Grant > Plan carefully how you are going to create the vdev's before you add them to a pool. Once a vdev has been created and added to a pool, you can't ever un-add and/or replace them. (You always can replace a component of a vdev -- e.g., if one physical drive fails -- but you can't remove a vdev in its entirety). Rgds, --=20 FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =E2=80=A2 LOPSA Member #15248 =E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan