Fatman vs ZFS – Who will win
Hello Everyone,
I have decided to switch over my NAS to Freebsd from OpenSolaris now that ZFS has been ported over. This sudden change comes from the fact that I finally have some spare time and I noticed that I can’t shutdown my open solaris system. It just seems to hang for hours.
Here’s what I’m working with:
I’m currently in the process of downloading the 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso and will most likely start the install tomorrow (possibly tonight). I’ve opted to try installing zfs on the 40g IDE drive with the following wiki postings:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide
If I’ve read correctly from the OpenSolaris Bible, you need to use the export command to ready a pool to be moved. ZFS records the hostname and hostid of the system that owns the pool so I need to boot back into OpenSolaris and execute:
I’m also looking for a little bit of advice. Should I bother installing zfs on the ide 40G drive? I could always do a regular base install, make the necessary tunings and kernel changes than load my old pools using:
Any input would be much appreciated. I'm sure more questions will follow once the install process has started.
Sincerely,
Fatman
Hello Everyone,
I have decided to switch over my NAS to Freebsd from OpenSolaris now that ZFS has been ported over. This sudden change comes from the fact that I finally have some spare time and I noticed that I can’t shutdown my open solaris system. It just seems to hang for hours.
Here’s what I’m working with:
Code:
CHASSIS: NORCO RPC-4020
Mother;) Board: ASUS M2N-LR NF PRO3600 R
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W RT
CPU: AMD A64 X2 5050E 2.6G AM2 RT
Memory: 2 x 2G PATR PVS24G6400LLKNB R
Hard Drives: 6x 1T WD 32M WD10EADS, 1 40g IDE Seagate
I’m currently in the process of downloading the 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso and will most likely start the install tomorrow (possibly tonight). I’ve opted to try installing zfs on the 40g IDE drive with the following wiki postings:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide
If I’ve read correctly from the OpenSolaris Bible, you need to use the export command to ready a pool to be moved. ZFS records the hostname and hostid of the system that owns the pool so I need to boot back into OpenSolaris and execute:
Code:
#zfs export tank
#zfs status tank – checks to make sure I’ve release ownership
I’m also looking for a little bit of advice. Should I bother installing zfs on the ide 40G drive? I could always do a regular base install, make the necessary tunings and kernel changes than load my old pools using:
Code:
#zpool import – finds pools available for import
#zpool import [myoldpoolname]
Any input would be much appreciated. I'm sure more questions will follow once the install process has started.
Sincerely,
Fatman