Solved [Solved] Partitioning Scheme

tzoi516

tzoi516

I still consider myself green when it comes to ZFS, hence what I'm about to ask. Since a volume group can contain partitions and HDDs, would setting up 2 volume groups for ada0 make sense? For example:

freebsd-boot
freebsd-zfs (zroot)
freebsd-swap
freebsd-zfs /var /tmp /usr (tank)

My thinking is that it would take a performance hit. However, if I decide to add USB storage devices then I can expand which ever volume group. Thoughts?
 
Re: Partitioning Scheme

Do not mix USB and SATA disks in the same pool, that is going to cause nothing but problems. Why do you want to use split the OS installation into two separate pools on the same disk? You could just as well dedicate the disk for the operating system and then put the data into a separate pool that is on completely separate disk(s).
 
Re: Partitioning Scheme

kpa said:
Do not mix USB and SATA disks in the same pool, that is going to cause nothing but problems. Why do you want to use split the OS installation into two separate pools on the same disk? You could just as well dedicate the disk for the operating system and then put the data into a separate pool that is on completely separate disk(s).
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Because I want to encrypt the other pool - I would rather boot up typing in a password instead of using a USB device.

I was originally going to put root on a UFS slice but was rethinking due to all the ZFS talk I've been reading/hearing/seeing.
 
I used to think there was a good reason to have different file systems on different slices. I decided to use ZFS and encrypt the entire disk via install.
 
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