Solaris 10 fresh install disk partioning

Any suggestions on setting up the disk partitions for a fresh install. I have 4 X 146GB drives. Going to be using ZFS and would like to mirror. How large partions should I make for root etc?
Thanks.

Wouldn't you just let the installer do that?
The root pool is currently limited to a single disk plus any mirrors. So you can't stripe all 4 disks or set up a 4 disk raidz and boot from it. You'll have to do a root pool on one disk or on a 2 disk mirror, and then place a separate pool on the other disks.
There are plans to remove the limitation on root/boot pools, but it's probably not immediate.
Darren

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