On 2013-10-11 04:27, O. Hartmann wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 03:24:51 -0400 > Allan Jude <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2013-10-11 03:02, Johan Hendriks wrote: >>> Johan Hendriks wrote: >>>> When i started using ZFS on FreeBSD I quickly found out that hot >>>> spares are not possible on FreeBSD. >>>> I was told that with zfsd it should be possible and that it would >>>> be included in FreeBSD 10. >>>> >>>> Is there some info about the zfsd function and how it could be >>>> used? >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Johan Hendriks >>>> >>> Thanks all for the explanation and your time >>> A notice in the handbook may be a good thing to let new FreeBSD >>> users know that you can add spares, but that it is not a hot spare. >>> So human action is required to activate the spare. >>> >>> regards >>> Johan Hendriks >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "[email protected]" >> That bit is in the zfs handbook project branch, it just isn't >> published yet >> > ... so it isn't visible to the "normal" users. > > I would also appreciate a hint in the man page of zpool(8). Like > "Be aware: A spare declared vdev is not (yet) automatically replacing a > faulty rendered drive. Human action is still required." > > It could save some trouble in prevention. > > Oliver Lyndon Nerenberg attached a patch for the man page earlier in the thread, and I have forwarded that to the docs team
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