[zfs-discuss] Question about multiple RAIDZ vdevs using slices on the same disk

2010-03-03 Thread Daniel Smedegaard Buus
Hi all :) I've been wanting to make the switch from XFS over RAID5 to ZFS/RAIDZ2 for some time now, ever since I read about ZFS the first time. Absolutely amazing beast! I've built my own little hobby server at home and have a boatload of disks in different sizes that I've been using together t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about multiple RAIDZ vdevs using slices on the same disk

2010-03-04 Thread Daniel Smedegaard Buus
Hi tonmaus, thanks for your reply :) I do know that this isn't best practice, and I've also considered the approach you're hinting at of distributing each vdev over different disks. However, this yields a massive loss in capacity if I want double-parity RAIDZ2 (which I do ;) ), and I'll be unab

Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about multiple RAIDZ vdevs using slices on the same disk

2010-03-04 Thread Daniel Smedegaard Buus
> Hi, > Hi tonmaus :) (btw, isn't that German for Audio Mouse?) > the corners I am basing my previous idea on you can > find here: > http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Bes > t_Practices_Guide#RAIDZ_Configuration_Requirements_and > _Recommendations Yep, me too :) > I can confirm