On 2/7/2015 7:38 AM, Volker A. Brandt wrote: > Harry Putnam writes: > [...] >> However I do have 2 1tb discs laying unused. >> >> So, (finally cutting to chase) how bad of an idea would it be to use >> those two 1tb discs for a mirrored rpool and whatever data. > > There should not be any problem whatsoever. For a home setup, having > additional data directories in the rpool is perfectly fine.
True. Even if you want to switch OSes and import your data, nothing really stops you from installing a new drive, installing that new OS, and then doing an import on the old rpool to get at your data. The reason I don't do it is that with the root pool you're limited to just simple mirroring for the boot devices. If you have a larger configuration and want to use something more complex (such as RAIDZ3), you'll need to have a separate pool for that. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
