ZFS

Encrypted ZFS on Linux

Motivation I’ve suffered a home file server with an overly complicated disk storage setup for a number of years: LUKS, MD RAID, and LVM with a caching setup on top of that. It’s mostly a toy used for non-critical backups, so it was fun to tinker with. However, I’ve suffered disk losses multiple times despite […]

OpenSolaris rpool sharing disks

We’ve been using Opensolaris (and Solaris) more and more; the advantages in technical prowess outweigh the few advantages Linux has left in ease of use. One thing we’ve been frustrated with a couple of times is the apparent inability to to create custom slice layouts on root disks during installation. We’re building a 16 drive, […]