Current FreeBSD versions will allow you to create a zroot zpool from which you can boot. However, when I created the main zpool for slocum (on Fri May 3 2:16 2013), that option did not exist. You might ask: how do I know that date? [dan@slocum:~] $ zfs get creation system NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE […]
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This post has been replaced by a newer one. For reference, the previous post on this server is still available. The most recent change was extracting the beadm boot environment to a new zpool, zroot. For future reference, this is the slocum server, which I use for various jails and services. It is mounted in
I have added comments to the output of this command. This is a brief description of what runs in each jail. This post has been replaced by a newer one. slocum slocum – named for the first person to sail solo around the world This host also runs a DNS and DHCP. [dan@slocum:~] $ jls
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This is x8dtu (named after the SuperMicro motherboard). This is the new FreshPorts server. The older post is still available In short: FreeBSD 11.2 booting off a mirrored pair of zfsroot SSDs 4.5TB of mirrored ZFS 196612 MB of RAM (yeah, that’s 196GB of RAM) SuperMicro X8DTU motherboard Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (two of
This post has been replaced by a newer post. This is the previous post for this system configuration. For future reference, this is the knew server … oh wait, I think it’s this server which is was mounted in the 3U chassis mentioned in this post (perviously erroneously referred to as a 4U). It runs
This server, knew has had an intermittent problem related to CAM status: SCSI Status Error messages. There is a FreeBSD Forums post about it. On Sunday, the problem returned, and this time it degraded the zpool. I collected the information in this gist and I will list the relevant portions below. I had enabled smartd
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NOTE: I am not convinced of the value of doing these tests on a regular basis. smartd and smartctl are two utility programs included with the smartmontools package. On FreeBSD, smartmontools is installed via the sysutils/smartmontools port. Those programs can “control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built
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For future reference, this is the knew server … oh wait, I think it’s this server which is mounted in the 4U chassis mentioned in this post. It runs a few jails, including Bacula regression testing services. This recent post outlines the modifications so it boots off a mirror of SSDs. File systems Paritions zpools
This is a work in progress. As I make more decisions and receive additional suggestions/advice, I will update this page. I live in an apartment. The Verizon FiOS ONT is outside on the ground floor. I live two floors up. I am considering moving the rack from the bedroom to 7x12ft locked room in the
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World, please meet tape02. It’s been around for a while, but never properly introduced. For the record: