Is it possible to run OpenZFS on MacOS Sierra on a Mac Pro
题
I have a Mac Pro with a PCIe flash startup drive running MacOS Sierra. I would like to fill the 4 empty SATA HDD bays with drives and use OpenZFS to create a pool/volume.
- Is this configuration possible?
- What risks/issues might I face with this setup? For example, how might macOS updates affect accessing my ZFS data pool?
I'm open to using MacOS Sierra's RAID tools, but I prefer to use the ZFS file system for this due to its superior data protection and compression features.
解决方案 2
Based on the links from other users, it seems that it is possible to create a ZFS RAID in the configuration I am looking for.
However for me, the OpenZFS system is not yet mature enough to be my solution on macOS Sierra for these reasons:
- Cannot backup ZFS volume using Time Machine
- The Photos application, which is dependent on HFS, only "sometimes" works.
See the Interoperability and Limitations section here:
其他提示
Yes it is: I am using zfs, including after upgrading to High Sierra and after updating zfs a few times.
After updating macOS I vaguely recall reinstalling zfs for this version of macOS (and possibly uninstalling it first--fairly certain I followed the directions associated with the installer or in the wiki), and then later as zfs was updated installed the newer release. I was prompted to upgrade the zpool in the normal course of using my external drive (when I did sudo zpool import -a -f
).