Any ZFS users ?

[firedownunder]

MacZFS, tried RaidZ as an alternative to external Raid boxes. Personal media (movies, music, etc.), two years no issues whatsoever. Didn't know a damn thing, did a lot of reading and took the plunge. Couldn't be happier.

Still on MacZFS, still on Snow Leopard, still no problems

 

[msh]

Thanks! I see the openZFS on OSX stuff now - will give that a shot. I had just created a test mirror using MacZFS, but I'll rip it out and switch.

I did see the RAIDZ devices, which is probably what I'll use after doing more experimentation. Originally when I read about ZFS I thought you could add/pull drives out at will, but now my understanding is you'd really only want to add/pull mirrors or raid groups, which is less practical when you've only got 4-5 drives. I can see how it would work great when you got a ton of disks in an enterprise setup...

Not true. You can offline and replace individual drives in a mirrored pair.