Been testing Zvols, HFS+ formatted and Spotlight does seem to like them, which technically means, Mail, iPhoto, etc., etc., can function normally.
-- Jason Belec Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2014, at 7:56 AM, ilove...@icloud.com wrote: > > The best description of the current status of the Open ZFS port is here: > State of osx.zfs Dec 2013 > >> Can I use your script to compile and install OpenZFS > Yes you can use the script to install it, as outlined here > http://zerobsd.tumblr.com/post/62586498252/os-x-with-zfs > >> maybe even mount the ZEVO pools… > Yes pool version 5000 is backwards compatible with pool version 28. It is > basically pool version 28 plus feature flags: > http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Features > It may be a better idea to start with a fresh pool so that you can take > advantage of lz4 compression. > > zpool create -o ashift=13 -O casesensitivity=insensitive -O compression=lz4 > -O atime=off -O normalization=formD -f tank … > > If you intend never to replace any of the disks with SSD, ashift=12. > >> and expect it to be stable? > Yes, it is pretty stable at this point. You might rarely hit a kernel panic > or not be able to export the pool with a forced shutdown, neither of which > should cause any actual harm to your data. > >> I would REALLY like to have features like case insensitivity and UTF8 >> normalization. > Yes it has those features. > >> Also it would be nice if the mounted filesystems were actually visible in >> volumes. > The default is for the pool foo to mount at /foo, and a dataset foo/bar to > mount at /foo/bar. I explained the reason we do not use /Volumes (at least > not yet) here: https://github.com/zfs-osx/zfs/issues/64 > Even though foo mounts at /foo not /Volumes/foo, it will still appear as a > volume with a disk icon in Finder. Ditto for foo/bar, etc. > >> Can I use it for my iPhoto, iTunes and general file storage? > Yes you can use it for iPhoto, iTunes and general file storage, but do not > use it for an entire home directory yet. > >> Can it be scanned by Spotlight? > No Spotlight does not work yet. However, if you want Spotlight, you can use > either a sparsebundle or zvol. zvols are not available on ZEVO, so ZEVO users > are often unfamiliar with them. Here's a description of their use on Linux: > http://zfsonlinux.org/example-zvol.html > > The only difference on OS X would be that you'd want to use only -b 512 or -b > 4096 (our default is 4096), and an HFS+ file system. > >> Thank you, if OpenZFS is not an option for everyday use then I will go for >> this. > If you have independent backups, then this is primarily a question of whether > you value stability or new features more. If you do not have independent > backups, this conversation is moot because your one and only concern should > be creating an independent backup of all of your data. By "independent > backups," I mean that if every disk in your zpool is tossed in the swimming > pool, you still have your data because it is available somewhere entirely > separate from your zpool. Ideally, the backup is offsite, or you have both an > independent local back and an independent offsite backup. > >> Thank you! > You're welcome. > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "zfs-macos" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to zfs-macos+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "zfs-macos" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to zfs-macos+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
