I have a couple of sandisk usb cruzers (32 GB) that are acting as zroot. One has gone bad in the mirror set and I need to replace it ASAP. It may or may not be due to excessive writing ( I have no idea is all ). Update: FreeBSD 11.1.
What I would like to do is two-fold. First, I want to what I can do to minimize writes in zroot. Second, I wanted to see if there is a way I could actually have required files for boot on zroot, but have most everything else residing as an overlay on my main storage volume (tank). I hope this makes sense - basically I want to maximize the life of the usb drives as well as possible.
TIA
What I would like to do is two-fold. First, I want to what I can do to minimize writes in zroot. Second, I wanted to see if there is a way I could actually have required files for boot on zroot, but have most everything else residing as an overlay on my main storage volume (tank). I hope this makes sense - basically I want to maximize the life of the usb drives as well as possible.
TIA