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> but ZFS doesn't like living on a partitioned disk nearly as much. Don't know how true is this, since it's not even possible to create a zpool on the whole un
by kefyras 6y ago
> but ZFS doesn't like living on a partitioned disk nearly as much.
Don't know how true is this, since it's not even possible to create a zpool on the whole unpartitioned device on linux. It automatically creates GPT label with zfs and a small efi partition.
- zaarn 6y agoThat is true, but I suspect that only happens to protect the zpool against tools like the Windows Repair Install (which likes to attempt repairs on disks without GPT label). Using ZFS on a partition inside a GPT disk tends to lead to a few quirky behaviours, like for example ZFS not always reporting correct SMART data of the device.
- rleigh 6y agoIt's nonsense. A ZFS pool is created from block devices, and ZFS doesn't care if those are whole discs or partitions. Every ZFS pool I have is composed of GPT partitions, and this is also recommended in ZFS books as good practice to make it easier to identify a failed drive. Since you see the GPT partition name in the "zpool status" and other tools' output, it's handy.