[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] pve-installation: clarify hdsize setting for ZFS

Stoiko Ivanov s.ivanov at proxmox.com
Mon Dec 3 18:36:34 CET 2018


We only partition all bootable drives, i.e. only the first vdev.

Signed-off-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov at proxmox.com>
---
While testing Dominik pointed out that this aspect would need some more
clarification - Thanks!

pve-installation.adoc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pve-installation.adoc b/pve-installation.adoc
index 14d51e8..69c1ea6 100644
--- a/pve-installation.adoc
+++ b/pve-installation.adoc
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ semantics, and why this does not replace redundancy on disk-level.
 `hdsize`::
 
 Defines the total HD size to be used. This way you can save free
-space on the HD for further partitioning (e.g. for creating a swap-partition).
+space on the HD(s) for further partitioning (e.g. for creating a swap-partition).
+`hdsize` is only honored for all bootable disks (i.e. only the first disk/mirror
+for RAID0/1/10, and all disks in RAID-Z[123]).
 
 
 ZFS Performance Tips
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2.11.0





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