I'm still learning and haven't setup anything I can't destroy if it
can be better put together some other way. I would like to save any
updates and customizations so far if possible. But that isn't
critical either.
Originally I installed osol-11 101b (now at 108) on a 60gb disk
partitioned 25/45 with the OS on the 25. These were just fdisk
partitions, no slices.
I've since installed 2 more drives and have 2 more to install once I
get a working sata controller.
The purpose of this server once I quit tinkering so much and decide I know
enough to put it into service is just a home backup server.
So currently I have 3 disks to work with.
Disk 0 (60gb) as mentioned holds the OS on a 25gb fdisk partition c3d0p1.
And another zpool on the remaining 45gb at c3d0p2
Disk 1 (250gb) 1 fdisk partition (full disk)
Disk 2 ( 500gb 1 fdisk partition (full disk)
I've done nothing so far with the last 2, just did get them installed
but I had planned to put them into a raidz1 configuration, which would
give me 750GB in that zpool, and use them to backup 4 windows machines
and one linux machine. That is, assuming that isn't a nitwit thing to
do and some other configuration would be better.
Any opinions/suggestions .. welcome.
I'd like some opinions on how best to utilize the remaining 45gb
partition on disk 0. The one with the OS on the other partition.
I originally thought I'd use it to backup the OS itself, but after
listening here a while I wonder if that would be better served if I
had made rpool encompass that whole disk. Instead of having rpool as
the OS of 25gb on c3d0p1 and rpool.bk as a zpool on the other 45gb
partition at c3d0p2.
I guess I'm asking if its wise to have more than 1 zpool on a disk?
Especially if one of them holds the OS.
Or is it wiser to reinstall on a single partition of the whole disk?
How do people backup there OS, in general. Just keep a herd of
snapshots letting the oldest be destroyed over time...?
Is Keeping those on the same zpool and disk as the OS wise?
Its a home setup so I don't need to get too fancy like having backups
offsite or whatever.. nobody elses data will be at risk. Of course an
irate wife with lost data might not be too pretty of picture...
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