Re: Zfs Guide

On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 02:10:52PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> On 11/5/22 12:15, Joe B wrote:
> > Hello again,
> > 
> > Sorry for all the questions but i want to start somehwere, the forums
> > take a while for me to get approved but it seems very friendly here.
> > 
> > So when i installed freeBSD about 5 days ago i noticed that it auto did
> > ZFS pool and everything didn't know why but i went with it. Trying to
> > understand it i looked online for some guides and the zfs fs seems very
> > intresting, snapshots, compression everything. It seems that it was
> > really made for two drives not one. i kinda understand if my internal
> > hdd goes out then i would have a backup.
> > 
> > Currently setup a VM with freebsd and want to test zfs. should i make
> > two disk hard drives in the VM to test or should i be able to just play
> > with one ?
> 
> 
> I suggest creating one virtual disk for the VM system drive and installing
> FreeBSD there.  Once FreeBSD is up and running, create additional virtual
> disks for ZFS experiments -- creating pools, creating filesystems and
> volumes, taking snapshots of datasets, rolling back datasets from snapshots,
> creating clones, replication, simulated disasters and recovery, etc..
> 
> 
> > Also the only guides that are offical are the handbook, New and old and
> > other guides i found.
> > 
> > 1. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/zfs/
> > 
> > 2, https://is.gd/GGTjK8
> > 
> > 3. https://somedudesays.com/2021/08/the-basic-guide-to-working-with-zfs/
> > 
> > 4. https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS
> > 
> > 5. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS
> > 
> > 6. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ZFS
> > 
> > Don't know if we are suppose to post links that aren't part of freeBSD
> > here but i'm learning everyday if we can't just tell me so i know in the
> > future.
> > 
> > What do you guys recommend?
> 
> 
> "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" is the
> definitive academic text:
> 
> https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/design-and-implementation-of-the-freebsd-operating-system-the/P200000000463/9780321968975
> 
> 
> "Absolute FreeBSD" is my favorite hands-on text:
> 
> https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#af3e
> 
> 
> Note the FAQ item "Buying Books":
> 
> https://mwl.io/faq
> 
> "Absolute” titles, Network Flow Analysis, and other No Starch Press titles –
> use the coupon code ILUVMICHAEL and buy direct from No Starch Press. You get
> 30% off and I get commission. You pay shipping, though, which eats up the
> cost savings if you’re in New Zealand."
> 
> https://nostarch.com/absfreebsd3
> 
> 
> Lucas wrote other titles, including:
> 
> https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmzfs
> 
> https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmaz
> 
> 
> The Klara and ixSystems web sites have information about FreeBSD and ZFS:
> 
> https://klarasystems.com/articles/
> 
> https://www.ixsystems.com/white-papers/
> 
> 
> David
> 

Thanks for all this info. i will proccess it and look at everything. I
also found a whole youtube series on zfs. i really like this filesystem.
even though i don't have 4 or 5 disk i still will test in virtualbox

Thanks again

Joe B