[geeks] Pure ZFS machine - possible?

[Mark Benson]

I am experimenting with ZFS and Solaris 10 06/06 on UltraSPARC  
machines (all pure sun4u architecture) and I want to know if, with  
the existing installer for Solaris 10, it is possible to build a ZFS  
Zpool during the install had have it use that in preference to the  
conventional partitioned file system. This would result in  
essentially creating a machine with a near infinite root storage  
system, as well as all the plusses of using ZFS.

If this is not possible, could a compromise of sorts be drawn by  
mounting ZFS filesystems spurred off a single Zpool to the system  
mount points for the install? Using careful quota assignments this  
would allow you to have total control over partitions traditionally a  
headache in UNIX, such as /var and /tmp, yet also if sizes needed to  
be expanded would give scope to do so.

Forgive me I wrote this e-mail while doing other stuff and thought  
through as I was going. I am guessing having thought on it you would  
need /boot and swap at least on a conventional partitioned disk?

Just having all sorts of thoughts about ZFS and how cool it is,  
wondered exactly how good it was...


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