ntfs and ZFS question

[pc-guy]

Right, I am looking to migrate my NAS data from NTFS (windows based server) to ubuntu ZFS system (raidz1).

I assume it should be a straight forward rsync process with both the ZFS and NTFS drives plugged in?

thanks

 

[lamboman]

It should be, however prior to running the migration you may want to set the following pool properties:

• Set 'xattr=sa' to store extended attributes in inodes rather than hidden files; this should improve performance however I'm unsure whether there may be a negative impact in terms of compatibility for some clients (it doesn't seem that there will be).
• Disable 'atime' or set 'relatime' if the former causes issues.

 

[pc-guy]

thanks, will revisit this when I get my server and VM setup.