On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Shane Ambler <free...@shaneware.biz> wrote:
> I recall reading that using partitions for zfs on FreeBSD was as good as > full disks. No, it isn't - ZFS can fully utilize disk caches when presented with whole devices. There are possible reasons to create partitions - one being that if an unfriendly OS sees the device, it won't try to initialize it if it sees a partition map. Another is using a cheap RAID controller that can't be fully disabled - in which case you generally need to create a partition that doesn't include the last few sectors of the disk, where such controllers keep magic data. - M _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
