zfs-root-debian.md

ZFS on root (/) for Debian testing

Use a proper mirror for debootstrap

When using debootstrap, choose this mirror
http://mirror.asergo.com/debian/

To speed up debootstrap

See this link - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36330942/is-it-possible-to-speed-up-debootstrap-by-disabling-fsync

apt install eatmydata
exec 3< /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libeatmydata.so
LD_PRELOAD=/proc/$$/fd/3 debootstrap bullseye /mnt http://mirror.asergo.com/debian/

Get record size of zfs pools

zfs get recordsize,compression

More info on ZFS tuning
http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Performance_tuning