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Re:A detailed look at Ubuntu’s new experimental ZFS installer by pm7 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @12:34PM (#21260360)
> Sure but if you don't know how zfs works do you really want to figure it out in the middle of trouble shooting installation problems

Isn't it similar to using mdraid, lvm and dm-crypt without experience?

> or post install root volume problems?

In my other comments I suggested to not use ZFS for rootfs unless someone is already experienced.

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Re:A detailed look at Ubuntu’s new experimental ZFS installer by ses1984 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:01PM (#21262343)
>Isn't it similar to using mdraid, lvm and dm-crypt without experience?

Those are all pretty different, but yeah basically we agree on this. I'm not sure about battery life, if I had to give a more nuanced answer I would say it probably depends on use case and you should measure it if you want to be sure.

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