Ubuntu Server 18.10 Root on SSD with ZFS
I would like to move my Ubuntu Server 18.10 installation onto ZFS on an SSD, namely a Samsung 970 EVO.
I have read Ubuntu 18.04 Root on ZFS on the zfsonlinux/zfs wiki. This document outlines the following system requirements:
- Ubuntu 18.04.1 ("Bionic") Desktop CD (not any server images)
- A drive which presents 512B logical sectors. Installing on a drive which presents 4KiB logical sectors (a “4Kn” drive) should work with UEFI partitioning, but this has not been tested.
This leads to the following two questions:
- Why is this restricted to the Ubuntu Desktop?
- Given that
cat /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/hw_sector_sizereturns512, am I save to proceed?
ZFSonLinuxdoes not supportTrimyet. Will this be a problem? If yes, is there a way to mitigate this problem?
server ssd zfs
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
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I would like to move my Ubuntu Server 18.10 installation onto ZFS on an SSD, namely a Samsung 970 EVO.
I have read Ubuntu 18.04 Root on ZFS on the zfsonlinux/zfs wiki. This document outlines the following system requirements:
- Ubuntu 18.04.1 ("Bionic") Desktop CD (not any server images)
- A drive which presents 512B logical sectors. Installing on a drive which presents 4KiB logical sectors (a “4Kn” drive) should work with UEFI partitioning, but this has not been tested.
This leads to the following two questions:
- Why is this restricted to the Ubuntu Desktop?
- Given that
cat /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/hw_sector_sizereturns512, am I save to proceed?
ZFSonLinuxdoes not supportTrimyet. Will this be a problem? If yes, is there a way to mitigate this problem?
server ssd zfs
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
add a comment |
I would like to move my Ubuntu Server 18.10 installation onto ZFS on an SSD, namely a Samsung 970 EVO.
I have read Ubuntu 18.04 Root on ZFS on the zfsonlinux/zfs wiki. This document outlines the following system requirements:
- Ubuntu 18.04.1 ("Bionic") Desktop CD (not any server images)
- A drive which presents 512B logical sectors. Installing on a drive which presents 4KiB logical sectors (a “4Kn” drive) should work with UEFI partitioning, but this has not been tested.
This leads to the following two questions:
- Why is this restricted to the Ubuntu Desktop?
- Given that
cat /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/hw_sector_sizereturns512, am I save to proceed?
ZFSonLinuxdoes not supportTrimyet. Will this be a problem? If yes, is there a way to mitigate this problem?
server ssd zfs
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
I would like to move my Ubuntu Server 18.10 installation onto ZFS on an SSD, namely a Samsung 970 EVO.
I have read Ubuntu 18.04 Root on ZFS on the zfsonlinux/zfs wiki. This document outlines the following system requirements:
- Ubuntu 18.04.1 ("Bionic") Desktop CD (not any server images)
- A drive which presents 512B logical sectors. Installing on a drive which presents 4KiB logical sectors (a “4Kn” drive) should work with UEFI partitioning, but this has not been tested.
This leads to the following two questions:
- Why is this restricted to the Ubuntu Desktop?
- Given that
cat /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/hw_sector_sizereturns512, am I save to proceed?
ZFSonLinuxdoes not supportTrimyet. Will this be a problem? If yes, is there a way to mitigate this problem?
server ssd zfs
server ssd zfs
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
asked Jan 31 at 12:32
Pierre SpringPierre Spring
1013
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