Solaris ZFS Administration Guide

Mirrored Storage Pool Configuration

A mirrored storage pool configuration requires at least two disks, preferably on separate controllers. Many disks can be used in a mirrored configuration. In addition, you can create more than one mirror in each pool. Conceptually, a simple mirrored configuration would look similar to the following:


mirror c1t0d0 c2t0d0

Conceptually, a more complex mirrored configuration would look similar to the following:


mirror c1t0d0 c2t0d0 c3t0d0 mirror c4t0d0 c5t0d0 c6t0d0

For information about creating a mirrored storage pool, see Creating a Mirrored Storage Pool.