Hi all, this is probably a dumb question, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer yet.
My goal is to create an iSCSI target for VM's for in my home lab. Nothing to fancy, just for practice.
I've created a mirrored volume of 2x2 SSD's and I'm now at the stage when you create a ZVOL.
In the documentation I found this:
"specify size and value such as 10Gib; if the size is more than 80% of the available capacity, the creation will fail with an “out of space” error unless the “Force size” box is checked
I first assumed that this means that you can create a ZVOL filling the whole volume and then use more than 80% of the ZVOL. I felt this was the case as I could create a ZVOL of about 98% of the volume and not get a warning, even though "Force size" wasn't checked.
However, I've also read here on the forums that the size of the ZVOL shouldn't be more than 50% of the total volume space when using iSCSI. Now I'm quite confused. I don't know which one is correct and I'd rather not find out later that I've made a dumb mistake.
Thanks for your time
My goal is to create an iSCSI target for VM's for in my home lab. Nothing to fancy, just for practice.
I've created a mirrored volume of 2x2 SSD's and I'm now at the stage when you create a ZVOL.
In the documentation I found this:
"specify size and value such as 10Gib; if the size is more than 80% of the available capacity, the creation will fail with an “out of space” error unless the “Force size” box is checked
I first assumed that this means that you can create a ZVOL filling the whole volume and then use more than 80% of the ZVOL. I felt this was the case as I could create a ZVOL of about 98% of the volume and not get a warning, even though "Force size" wasn't checked.
However, I've also read here on the forums that the size of the ZVOL shouldn't be more than 50% of the total volume space when using iSCSI. Now I'm quite confused. I don't know which one is correct and I'd rather not find out later that I've made a dumb mistake.
Thanks for your time