Re: Problems replacing failing drive in ZFS pool

On 20/07/2010, at 10:55, Clifton Royston wrote:
> The space sacrificed is trivial compared to the convenience and safety
> net.
>=20
> I think I got both those suggestions on this list, and I would hope
> (assume?) that they have equivalents under ZFS.=20

I partitioned my ZFS disks using GPT so I could reference them using GPT =
UUIDs.

I also put 4Gb partitions on each one which I glued together using =
gmirror and used it for swap.

I learnt this from many tales of woe :)

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