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| | operand.ca
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| | [AI summary] A technical guide detailing the process of migrating data between FreeBSD ZFS storage pools while switching disk models and optimizing sector sizes.
| | www.henryleach.com
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| | I wanted to create a script that would e-mail me when it detected a failure in a ZFS storage pool, but to test it I needed a failing zpool. You could create a zpool with a USB hub and some USB memory sticks, and then pull them out as you like, but that involves getting up, something I try to reserve for important things like getting a new cup of tea, or a biscuit. Luckily ZFS has the ability to create pool just from files.
| | blog.cavelab.dev
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| | In the fall of 2022 I turned off Zeta, my file server, due to the extreme price of electricity. I migrated all the data to a 3x18 TB raidz1 pool on Alpha instead. But last year I brought it back - and used the opportunity to add some more memory, and rebuild the main storage pool
| | dan.langille.org
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