Hi, >> What i dont know is what happens if the boot disk dies? can i replace >> is, install solaris again and get it to see the zfs mirror? > > As I understand it, this be possible, but I haven't tried it and I'm > not an expert Solaris admin. Some ZFS info is stored in a persistent > file on your system disk, and you may have to do a little dance to get > around that. It's worth researching and practicing in advance :-).
IIRC, then ZFS has all relevant information stored inside the pool. So you should be able to install a new OS into the replacement disk, then say "zpool import" (possibly with -d and the devices where the mirror lives) to re-import the pool. But I haven't really tried it myself :). All in all, ZFS is an excellent choice for a home server. I use ZFS as a video storage for a digital set top box (quotas are really handy here), as a storage for my music collection, as a backup storage for important data (including photos), etc. I'm currently juggling around 4 differently sized disks into a new config with the goal of getting as much storage as possible out of them at a minimum level of redundance. Interesting, Teris-like calculation exercise that I'd be happy to blog about when I'm done. Feel free to visit my blog for how to set up your home server as a ZFS iTunes streaming server :). Best regards, Constantin -- Constantin Gonzalez Sun Microsystems GmbH, Germany Platform Technology Group, Client Solutions http://www.sun.de/ Tel.: +49 89/4 60 08-25 91 http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
