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Hi trumee. I can't see the issue you describe in that post. The first line creates a GPT paritioning scheme. The second line adds a partition of type freebsd-zfs (note this will actually later be formatted as a GELI container) with the GPT partition label zstore, 4Kb sector alignment...

I'm pleased you're up and running. Matched disks are great though be quick if one fails as the others from the same batch may not be far behind :) Since the issue you have now (network/iSCSI/ZFS performance) is very different from the original issue in the thread title I suggest starting a new...

I had a thought that your issue might be much simpler. Did you remember to add zfs_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf? From the rc.conf man page:

The short answer is that I recommend using partitions. I had exactly the same question about whether to use whole disks or partitions when I first started using ZFS. You will have seen the web is full of people asking the question. Fortunately, FreeBSD is awesome when it comes to...

ZFS on FreeBSD doesn't support encryption natively. However, it is possible to create an encrypted container using GELI (see the geli man page) and then create the ZFS pool that uses the encrypted container or multiple encrypted containers. When you did your first install, the installer did...

I'm afraid I set up my network shares with a mixture of NFS and Samba before iSCSI was supported by ZFS on FreeBSD (from 10.0 I believe) so I don't have any experience with it though I see there is a section on iSCSI in the FreeBSD handbook. Someone else reading this on the forum may be able to...

mb2015, you could achieve a graceful shutdown by creating a script that fits with the rc framework. Have a look at this article: Practical rc.d scripting in BSD. Something like Neffi's script (that isn't currently compatible with the framework) above would be the code in the start() function...

I realised I didn't address your auto-mounting pools issue. Whether datasets in ZFS pools are automatically mounted is a setting in the pool, dataset or during the import. What I think you mean, though is that the pools aren't being imported. I had an issue like that with FreeBSD 9.2 but not...

Great. I'm assuming the gpart output is from booting without the additional drives plugged in based on your first post. If you want to keep the encryption you can: Boot without the additional drives plugged in Change the GELI settings in loader.conf to use the designations the drives will...

I'm pleased you found it helpful and thank you for the correction. bootfs is indeed a property of the pool not a dataset within it.

grep2grok, apologies that the start of my reply yesterday was unintentionally a little abrupt. While you gather the information let me offer some thoughts on the second part of your question. I noticed the specification sheet for your system says "Chassis supports up to five internal drives in...

Your immediate issue is your data rescue, so I'm going to totally ignore the second question in your thread. It sounds like your issue is with the decryption rather than ZFS. For your encryption I imagine you are using GELI. It sounds like you used the FreeBSD installer to configure your...

pieside, BIOS implementations that support both legacy and UEFI booting are somewhat variable in quality. Check your PC or motherboard manufacturer for any UEFI firmware updates, which may include bug fixes. Can you list what other options are available in the BIOS? In terms of configuration...

Provided the FreeBSD kernel recognises your SSD it is possible to boot as you describe. If your computer uses MBR boot you can use either ZFS or UFS on the USB stick. If your computer uses UEFI boot, you must use UFS on the USB stick (at time of writing, the UEFI boot loader only supports...

I'm pleased you got your machine working, phaeton. The computing power of older machines is comparable to today's embedded systems or hobby hardware like the Raspberry Pi, so I totally agree with you that there is no need to throw out working systems. Indeed, my systems at home are typically...

I would also be interested in any recommendations for cross-platform open source backup software. Bacula (sysutils/bacula-server) had been on my list of software to try out, but I just checked and I see that the Windows client is now only available on a closed source commercial license. Another...

Similarly with the original thread title I wondered whether Oracle might have been taking development forward as closed-source (like ZFS)! I'm pleased it's just news about Bhyve progressing :)

It was to overcome the CD loader/BIOS issue that I suggested it, not because I think your CD drive is broken (you said your optical drive worked fine with GNU/Linux CDs and others). The CD bootloader is different code from the normal MBR bootloader, so if you can get around needing to boot from...

If you haven't already seen it, there is an excellent article on rc scripting: Practical rc.d scripting in BSD. Your script is fine. An alternative to using daemon would be to write your service to manage its own forking, setsiding and closing of file descriptors. rc supports running a...

Hi phaeton, welcome to the forums. I run a couple of similarly aged but adequate FreeBSD machines at home, one of them even creaking along with ZFS, so you won't hear any jeering from me. I imagine you are already running the most recently released BIOS for your motherboard but if not it would...