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 13F521381F3 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 78BE7E0BEE; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qe0-f43.google.com (mail-qe0-f43.google.com [209.85.128.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E44EE0A62 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qe0-f43.google.com with SMTP id gh4so3524975qeb.16 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:49:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=zmwBsCWkQb6+9LziL4t1yNiHa2ON4Pb9qgxkrsB3ppE=; b=0hXlu3zKhMFpxi6icv6XluTCenK0r92AotXZN1hyzRHASn6Hu50jaPb3DWpIEy7KZR LYTOS9ZuZ23bTZ5nud8m0efIN65rcFUuzGDdPszrjGYK7YRSeMKFJ9deht8dAqOfMLEJ tBWuj1dr7syW4RNVxtIs3T7wLIgAj6Taib/ODXn3tztwX/iXIfNPpB1NNgB5DqlbfIX7 640bD7yxednApST+E0UCaJM+THIzoryZaaa/TSqCfS2APkDRPNQnrtYlsgZ1WyB/MCxO eAPDKBU/sLaoLcrq+LGmSrTRT5akgPxOmnLRV27is6sk4Hytk+xOAg2DknFBxoCWwvVx AGIQ== 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 10.49.82.7 with SMTP id e7mr52018542qey.16.1379411348558; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:49:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.25.83 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:49:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <523445F3.2040200@libertytrek.org> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:49:08 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Need a new server From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 567b5bed-dc32-4b61-a4f9-f92b845d860f X-Archives-Hash: 1ecb702bf5ed29c796c5078e692e6e37 >>>> Is the Gentoo Software RAID + LVM guide the best place for RAID >>>> install info if I'm not using LVM and I'll have a hardware RAID >>>> controller? >>> >>> Not ready to take the ZFS plunge? That would greatly reduce the complexity >>> of RAID+LVM, since ZFS best practice is to set your hardware raid controller >>> to JBOD mode and let ZFS take care of the RAID - and no LVM required (ZFS >>> has mucho better tools). That is my next big project for when I switch to my >>> next new server. >>> >>> I'm just hoping I can get comfortable with a process for getting ZFS >>> compiled into the kernel that is workable/tenable for ongoing kernel updates >>> (with minimal fear of breaking things due to a complex/fragile >>> methodology)... >> >> Can't you just emerge zfs-kmod? Or maybe you're trying to do it >> without module support? > > @tanstaafl's kernels have no module support. OK, but why exclude module support? - Grant