> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Peter Taps > > I am learning more about zfs storage. It appears, zfs pool can be > created on a raw disk. There is no need to create any partitions, etc. > on the disk. Does this mean there is no need to run "format" on a raw > disk?
No need to format. Also, confusingly, the term "format" doesn't mean the same here as it does in other situations. "format" is what you use in solaris to create partitions (slices) and a few other operations. Without any partitions or slices, the disk will be called something like c8t1d0. But with a partition, it might be c8t1d0p0 or d8t1d0s0 Usually people will do as Cindy said. "zpool create c8t1d0" But depending on who you ask, there is possibly some benefit to creating slices. Specifically, if you want to mirror or replace a drive with a new drive that's not precisely the same size. In later versions of zpool (later than what's currently available in osol 2009.06 or solaris 10) they have applied a patch which works around the "slightly different disk size" problem and eliminates any possible problem with using the whole disk. So generally speaking, you're advised to use the whole disk, the easy way, as Cindy mentioned. ;-) > I have added a new disk to my system. It shows up as > /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0. Do I need to format it before I convert it to zfs > storage? Or, can I simply use it as: Again, drop the "s0" from the above. The "s0" means the first slice on the disk. zpool create mypool c8t1d0 _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
