ZFS install on a partition

[bsd at todoo.biz]

Hi, 

I have a question regarding ZFS install on a system setup using an Intel Modular. 

This system runs various flavor of FreeBSD and Linux using a shared pool (LUNs). 
These LUNs have been configured in RAID 6 using the internal controller (LSI logic). 

So from the OS point of view there is just a volume available. 


I know I should install a system using HBA and JBOD configuration - but unfortunately this is not an option for this server. 

What would you advise ? 

1. Can I use an existing partition and setup ZFS on this partition using a standard Zpool (no RAID). 

2. Should I use any other solution in order to setup this (like full ZFS install on disk using the entire pool with ZFS). 

3. Should I avoid using ZFS since my system is not well tuned and It would be asking for trouble to use ZFS in these conditions. 


P.S. Stability is a must for this system - so I won't die if you answer "3" and tell me to keep on using UFS. 


Thanks. 


________________________________________________
«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD -
________________________________________________
«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD