ZFS ZFS on ext hdd

[6502]

Maybe simple question but is it possible to put a ZFS formatted HDD in USB enclosure/box and mount it over USB?

 

[Mjölnir]

1. Now it gets handy if you don't name all your pools zroot or zpool... but choose a somewhat descriptive name like an abbreviation of vendor-model of the disk or the machine it was built in.
2. zpool export
3. zpool import

 

[Deleted member 63539]

Maybe simple question but is it possible to put a ZFS formatted HDD in USB enclosure/box and mount it over USB?

No problem at all.

zpool export tank0
zpool import -o altroot=/mnt tank0

 

[dave01]

I can also confirm. For a short while, here at home, I was running a zpool in a small home server and backing it up onto a RAIDz zpool built on 3 external USB3 HDDs.