Borja Marcos
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Just registered on the forum, I have barely installed FreeNAS once (the 9.3 beta available for download as an .iso) but I have found something surprising.
Even when installing on a memory stick, when I create a pool with several disks it creates swap areas. No problem with that, swap is necessary. What I find weird is swapping directly to disk partitions. A disk failure can make the system stop working, something that ZFS prevents.
Why not swapping on a ZVOL instead? I know it was not safe in the past, but as far as I know it should work now. And it would certainly avoid a panic and prevent startup problems.
Even when installing on a memory stick, when I create a pool with several disks it creates swap areas. No problem with that, swap is necessary. What I find weird is swapping directly to disk partitions. A disk failure can make the system stop working, something that ZFS prevents.
Why not swapping on a ZVOL instead? I know it was not safe in the past, but as far as I know it should work now. And it would certainly avoid a panic and prevent startup problems.