zfs newbie
DTD
support at safeport.com
Tue Sep 14 22:50:19 UTC 2021
On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, Dan Langille wrote:
> DTD wrote on 9/7/21 5:51 PM:
>> Following the default 12.2 zfs install I got one pool (zroot) and a dataset
>> for each of the traditional mount points. So zfs list shows:
>>
>> NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
>> zroot 279G 6.75T 88K /zroot
>> zroot/ROOT 1.74G 6.75T 88K none
>> zroot/ROOT/default 1.74G 6.75T 1.74G /
>> zroot/tmp 176K 6.75T 176K /tmp
>> zroot/usr 277G 6.75T 88K /usr
>> zroot/usr/home 276G 6.75T 276G /usr/home
>> zroot/usr/ports 88K 6.75T 88K /usr/ports
>> zroot/usr/src 670M 6.75T 670M /usr/src
>> zroot/var 47.5M 6.75T 88K /var
>> zroot/var/audit 88K 6.75T 88K /var/audit
>> zroot/var/crash 88K 6.75T 88K /var/crash
>> zroot/var/log 820K 6.75T 820K /var/log
>> zroot/var/mail 46.3M 6.75T 46.3M /var/mail
>> zroot/var/tmp 88K 6.75T 88K /var/tmp
>>
>> I had consultant configure another service for us. He set up the disk array
>> with one dataset. so zfs list on this system give:
>>
>> NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
>> zroot 2.65G 13.2T 2.62G legacy
>>
>> From a sysadmin view I rather like the multiple datasets. Are there
>> advantages to one over the other?
>
> I see no advantages to me in the single dataset.
>
> What do you see from zpool status? I'm wondering if this is not directly on
> hardware, such as a VM under VMware.
>
Nop, no VM. I have three system that I did a take all options zfs install
on. I do not remember which one I posted so here is a matching set:
> freebsd-version
12.1-RELEASE-p8
> zfs list
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
zroot 90.6G 801G 88K /zroot
zroot/ROOT 89.9G 801G 88K none
zroot/ROOT/default 89.9G 801G 89.9G /
zroot/tmp 156K 801G 156K /tmp
zroot/usr 723M 801G 88K /usr
zroot/usr/home 18.7M 801G 18.7M /usr/home
zroot/usr/ports 88K 801G 88K /usr/ports
zroot/usr/src 704M 801G 704M /usr/src
zroot/var 21.7M 801G 88K /var
zroot/var/audit 88K 801G 88K /var/audit
zroot/var/crash 88K 801G 88K /var/crash
zroot/var/log 21.3M 801G 21.3M /var/log
zroot/var/mail 88K 801G 88K /var/mail
zroot/var/tmp 88K 801G 88K /var/tmp
> zpool status
pool: zroot
state: ONLINE
scan: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
zroot ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ada0p3 ONLINE 0 0 0
ada1p3 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
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