[geeks] One, two, three, panic!

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Phil Stracchino wrote:

>> ZFS root is very nice.  If you have the time to try it, you should take
>> it.  It is extremely simple to setup.  Just select the ZFS root option
>> during the install, then after the install attach the second disk to
>> the first one as a mirror.  One extra step instead of many extra steps
>> to set up.
>
> According to Francois, it'll auto mirror by just selecting two disks to
> setup on.  This really sounds like a win to me.

I can vouch for what Francois said.  I was delighted that Solaris (for
once) DTRTed without any additional prodding.  Select ZFS for your root
FS, and point it at two identical drives, and it'll assume you want a
mirror.

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