Brian Hechinger wrote:
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 02:44:02PM -0700, Malachi de ??lfweald wrote:
2. ZFS mirroring can work without the metadb, but if you want the dump
mirrored too, you need the metadb (I don't know if it needs to be mirrored,
but I wanted both disks to be identical in case one died)
I can't think of any real good reason you would need a mirrored dump device.
The only place that would help you is if your main disk died between panic
and next boot. ;)
If you lose the primary drive, and your dump device points to the
metadevice, then you wouldn't have to reset it. Also, most folks use the
swap device for dumps. You wouldn't want to lose that on a live box.
(Though honestly I've never just yanked the swap device and seen if the
system keels over.
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