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 73AB71381FB for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:23:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2504A21C005; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f174.google.com (mail-ia0-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B2DA21C010 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f174.google.com with SMTP id y25so9005822iay.5 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:21:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=SwW4Xq/GPevqtcIaIUAOiGOhVhln36lylbgtvzq2kOM=; b=erXS/OzhHo9MDHQIKv22xqVc9boj2+ISiwBBu8CqaoFetfPKEdnAloKf1ieTqJaNzS VpUh9HaNo8D855Ur8YSe7EFUTtonEw28EHIYHN1o2Q/9RC3j5nMIyCRVUYjU8hFj3fDU SVEFEpV/19TGVttowuUG96bp+SgfX/rKnkaevBNVb1ND561B3MkN4KfyNzvp5yWz+Utl stjtr74udWksxS0H2wGpZLOCB5we/zOEGKMY/onptQ4xtlomWkY+olstZOVM2Y56EHYt owyF8Z0ZFIVxwt3VxtaowgC7LKnrUE3tPWehFnNNXhTNuF3joHXilKMyPpKq6o9j8XxA GUsQ== 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 Received: by 10.50.150.142 with SMTP id ui14mr25512678igb.93.1356736914535; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:21:54 -0800 (PST) Sender: scotte.sandiego@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.92.227 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:21:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50DE011C.5040701@xunil.at> References: <1785965.eefX9SYzkP@localhost> <50DE011C.5040701@xunil.at> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:21:54 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5qvZEKaea259GiggT20ZZkdz3Cs Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] experiences with zfsonlinux? From: Scott Ellis To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d042f9d72d8341404d1f1edf1 X-Archives-Salt: b8f2f8c6-67b0-45f5-a407-d48c67d81b8c X-Archives-Hash: 67480382f541bf411305949eb6aad98e --f46d042f9d72d8341404d1f1edf1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yeah, I use ZoL for my home server (mostly pictures, videos, and mp3s) and it works just fine. SSD for the / and /boot, and then ZFS for all the important data in a mirrored pool. Highly recommended. (Just updated to 3.7.1 kernel and 0.6.0-rc13 ZoL, with no issues, in case you were worried about usage with "current" pieces.) ScottE On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2012-12-28 18:52, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > Hi, > > > > so in the Good/better/best filesystem for large, static video > > library? thread zfs was mentioned, since I just ordered 3 new hdd to > > replace the current 5 in my box (3 in raid5, 2 in raid1 > > configuration), I asked myself: instead of raid5+xfs or ext4 or > > whatever else that might be a sane solution, why not try zfs? > > Sure, go ahead :-) > > > But - there aren't so many first hand accounts on people using the > > spl+zfs kernel modules on linux. > > > > Anybody done it? Any caveats? > > I used it in a former server in my basement, right now the zfs-pool is > out of order simply because I have no SATA-ports available right now > (broken mainboard etc) > > It is the equivalent of a RAID1 mirror, 2 disks in a tank. > > As you may have researched already it is not necessary to partition the > disks, back then it was recommended to create the pool/mirror by using > the /dev/disk/by-id/ device-notation. > > That pool worked very well for me and even caught SATA-related errors > with the occasional scrub-run here and then. > > I even was able to migrate that mirror from zfs-fuse to zfs-on-linux > without any problems. > > As soon as I have a box with enough hdd-bays again I will re-import that > pool for sure. > > Good luck, Stefan > > --f46d042f9d72d8341404d1f1edf1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yeah, I use ZoL for my home server (mostly pictures, = videos, and mp3s) and it works just fine.=A0 SSD for the / and /boot, and t= hen ZFS for all the important data in a mirrored pool.=A0 Highly recommende= d.=A0 (Just updated to 3.7.1 kernel and 0.6.0-rc13 ZoL, with no issues, in = case you were worried about usage with "current" pieces.)

=A0=A0 ScottE


On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger = <l= ists@xunil.at> wrote:
Am 2012-12-28 18:52, schrieb Volker Armin He= mmann:
> Hi,
>
> so in the Good/better/best filesystem for large, static video
> library? thread zfs was mentioned, since I just ordered 3 new hdd to > replace the current 5 in my box (3 in raid5, 2 in raid1
> configuration), I asked myself: instead of raid5+xfs or ext4 or
> whatever else that might be a sane solution, why not try zfs?

Sure, go ahead :-)

> But - there aren't so many first hand accounts on people using the=
> spl+zfs kernel modules on linux.
>
> Anybody done it? Any caveats?

I used it in a former server in my basement, right now the zfs-pool i= s
out of order simply because I have no SATA-ports available right now
(broken mainboard etc)

It is the equivalent of a RAID1 mirror, 2 disks in a tank.

As you may have researched already it is not necessary to partition the
disks, back then it was recommended to create the pool/mirror by using
the /dev/disk/by-id/ device-notation.

That pool worked very well for me and even caught SATA-related errors
with the occasional scrub-run here and then.

I even was able to migrate that mirror from zfs-fuse to zfs-on-linux
without any problems.

As soon as I have a box with enough hdd-bays again I will re-import that pool for sure.

Good luck, Stefan


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