Do not install in a VM. This defeats a lot of the advantages of ZFS
Get the device names
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sudo fdisk -l
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sudo apt install zfsutils-linux
sudo zpool create mypool mirror /dev/sdb /dev/sdc mirror /dev/sdd /dev/sde # RAID10
sudo zpool add mypool /dev/sdx # Add a drive to a pool
Useful commands
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sudo zpool destroy mypool
zpool status
zpool list
zfs set atime=off zpool
zfs set compression=lz4 zpool
zfs get compressratio
zpool scrub zpool
zfs list -t snapshot
Create a dataset
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zfs create zpool/docs
chown facade:users /zpool/docs
Create a snapshot
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zfs snapshot zpool/docs@001