zfs discuss - Nov 2005 - simple configuration for ZFS

Hi guys,

I salute the ZFS team and thank you for all these goodies. What would be a
minimal hdw setup to start to play with ZFS. I would assume:

 - run build27
 - have 1 or 2 SATA, IDE, SCSI disks
 
I have some basic questions:

 - If I would install b27 do I have the possibility to setup during the
installation a ZFS pool ? Or this is a feature which will come a bit later on ?

 - Can I boot from ZFS ? Or do I need to install b27 in plain UFS and then after
installation setup some pools using some extra available harddisks ?

So I might need to get 1,2 SATA hardidsks extra to add to my machine. 

thank you,
Stefan
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 11:50:34AM -0800, Stefan Parvu wrote:
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| I have some basic questions:
| 
|  - If I would install b27 do I have the possibility to setup during the
installation a ZFS pool ? Or this is a feature which will come a bit later on ?

After installation.

login: root
password: ********
...
# zpool create junk c1d0
# zfs create junk/stuff
# cd /junk/stuff
# cp ...

It''s pretty rough. :)

|  - Can I boot from ZFS ? Or do I need to install b27 in plain UFS and then
after installation setup some pools using some extra available harddisks ?

Not yet; that support will be coming in the future. I presume this
will be added to the FAQ.

-- 
Eric Lowe       Solaris Kernel Development              Austin, Texas
Sun Microsystems.  We make the net work.                x64155/+1(512)401-1155

> I salute the ZFS team and thank you for all these goodies. What would be a
minimal hdw setup to start to play with ZFS. I would assume:
> 
>  - run build27
>  - have 1 or 2 SATA, IDE, SCSI disks
Yup, it''s perfectly possible to setup a simple 1-disk system with UFS 
for root & ZFS for data partition. No special requirements as far as I know.

cheers
--justin

Stefan Parvu wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I salute the ZFS team and thank you for all these goodies. What would be a
minimal hdw setup to start to play with ZFS. I would assume:
> 
>  - run build27
>  - have 1 or 2 SATA, IDE, SCSI disks
Or, no disk :-)
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/relling#a_short_ramdisk_zfs_anecdote
  -- richard

thanks. That''s nice, I have to experiment with this.

stefan
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