From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B071A1381F3 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:12:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08641E0D49; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:11:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f177.google.com (mail-qc0-f177.google.com [209.85.216.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 066BCE0D40 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:11:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id x12so3548279qcv.36 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:11:13 -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=74uhGIoUsqk4b1fu551ZHjvXOj4wURfKy6cZvFBW4nM=; b=LcNl7nrX9hXPOnPaRfHpSyzw0xQeDiN20xAe/8zULmgj3GnMKuIQIarz51ipMTQm5v kPEgGEfGDtT2gRCC6kp2eSVYTpa+ydapdiKqXpObA97V7tl9Fd/63YWAsh9kabiKkoZ8 ZaLVEZy7LJOFWn1eNYLpMualUdIww7B8GLP5H6xpFL0RJu3qWbtBdkGbe+tBXw8a1kfh xjg1bqKEVx0QlgOmff3tjHgy9VMdbmqNz2BoJ7J+w1WrPxGxPuVFg7SNDLrzbuQ+RzPl NLdYG1nwt/T+xRenB8wmwgyrsG+ZWkSgQeji3+GTNIBB+phREhQqz8DCq3OA+dEBixWa JuAg== 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 10.49.71.169 with SMTP id w9mr2351981qeu.95.1379423473005; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:11:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.25.83 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:11:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52382A80.4040302@gmail.com> References: <523445F3.2040200@libertytrek.org> <52382A80.4040302@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:11:12 -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: 5d279911-5860-49de-8a3e-0a7eee8a070a X-Archives-Hash: baa7d111fe73de825eb198fddedf8d52 >>>>>> 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? > > Noooooooooo, please for the love of god and all that's holy, let's not > go there again :-) Oopsie! > taanstafl has his reasons for using fully monolithic kernels without > module support. This works for him and nothing will dissuade him from > this strategy - we tried, we really did. He won. It must be for security. - Grant