New Integrated by Design FreeBSD Book | Hacker News

A Hacker News discussion asks whether a new FreeBSD book gives practical guidance on ZFS dataset layout, jail management, and rebuild-friendly server design.

The poster wants cleaner separation of system and config files, better organization for services like PostgreSQL and PeerTube, and easier backup/migration workflows.

One server is reportedly suffering from severe ZFS fragmentation on a mirror pool, raising the question of whether the book’s examples could help fix real operational pain points.