some ZFS questions

[Michael Sierchio]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Michael Sierchio wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 6:42 PM,  <kpneal at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> If you can use GPT partitioning then you can have GPT labels on
>>> partitions
>>> spanning entire disks. Then you can rearrange physical disks to your
>>> hearts
>>> content.
>>>
>>> The bonus is that you can put identifying information in the label name
>>> to be even more sure you are replacing the correct disk when the time
>>> comes.
>>
>>
>> You can do this - and it's the approach that FreeNAS takes, but you
>> lose the benefits of presenting a whole disk to ZFS - the ability to
>> fully use the disk cache when presented a raw device rather than a
>> partition.
>
>
> I thought that was a Solaris-only limitation.  In fact, I'm pretty sure it
> is, and does not apply on FreeBSD.

You mean Solaris-only benefit?

- M