I know many others have done this, but this is my first test procedure. This shrinks a zpool by creating a new one on a different pair of drives in a zroot mirror. In short: zfs snapshot zfs send | zfs receive profit dan.langille.org/2025/11/22/tes… #FreeBSD #ZFS

The last test before doing this on production. I moved zroot from a larger zpool to a smaller zpool. It is now a very straight forward process. The hardest part may be making use the old zroot no longer boots. dan.langille.org/2025/11/23/tes… #FreeBSD #ZFS

What tech related things (<= US$25) have you bought which have proven their value / usefulness? I’m looking for gift ideas.

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FYI, that host is now running on a pair of SATADOMs. Went smoothly. It wasn't for want of testing. ;) #FreeBSD #ZFS

One big 16TB zpool (8 x 4TB SSDs) or 2 x 8TB zpools? I got decisions to make now that all this stuff has come together. dan.langille.org/2025/11/26/cre… #FreeBSD #ZFS

I'm not sure who, but I thought I saw a message notification from Travis... but now I can't find it. If that was you, please resend.

From OSX or FreeBSD, do you have a preferred tool for configuring Dell servers? I have a Dell R730 which still has the old value for "System Host Name" under "Server Information" I seem to recall racadm is a such a tool, but it's been a long time since I looked at it.

What happens when you boot with multiple zroot? Can it be fixed without booting from a live disk & without pulling the problem disks? I wanted to test this scenario after hitting it earlier this week. Please make suggestions given above restrictions. dan.langille.org/2025/12/02/922…

Do you have swap enabled on your #FreeBSD OS boot drives? If that's a zroot mirror, are you mirroring swap? I ask because I didn't set that up, now I have to deal with the monitoring alert saying it's not mirrored.

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Oh, if you are mirroring the swap, HOW are you implementing that mirror? I'm using gmirror for swap. I have for many years. #FreeBSD

I've said this before. Good software is software you forget you're running. Today, a #ZFS zpool is up to 87% capacity. What? Oh yes, my full backups ran yesterday (first Sunday of the month). This issue is partly why I'm moving-to-bigger zpools, perhaps done this week. #Bacula

Anyone done any research for #ZFS recordsize for /usr/ports or /usr/ports/distfiles? #FreeBSD

Updating packages remotely. No big deal. Just restart the jail. Patch the OS, yep, done that. It still doesn't stop the semi-dread feeling as you wait for the host to reboot. Still waiting after typing all this...