Malachi de Ælfweald wrote:
> I have to say, looking at that confuses me a little. How can the two
> disks be mirrored when the partition tables don't match?
Welcome to ZFS! In traditional disk mirrors,
disk A block 0 == disk B block 0
disk A block 1 == disk B block 1
...
disk A block N == disk B block N
In a ZFS world, block 1 might be defective. So ZFS will reallocate
the block somewhere else. This is great for reliable storage on
unreliable devices (disks). It also relieves you from the expectation
that the partition tables must match. And it also means that I can
grow the pool size by replacing the mirror sides with larger devices.
Life is good! Enjoy!
-- richard
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