Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Appliance as a general-purpose server question

2012-11-24 Thread Edmund White
On 11/24/12 5:51 PM, "Erik Trimble" wrote: >On 11/24/2012 5:17 AM, Edmund White wrote: >> Heh, I wouldn't be using G5's for ZFS purposes now. G6 and better >> ProLiants are a better deal for RAM capacity and CPU core countŠ >> >> Either way, I also use HP systems as the basis for my ZFS/Nexenta

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Appliance as a general-purpose server question

2012-11-24 Thread Erik Trimble
On 11/24/2012 5:17 AM, Edmund White wrote: Heh, I wouldn't be using G5's for ZFS purposes now. G6 and better ProLiants are a better deal for RAM capacity and CPU core countŠ Either way, I also use HP systems as the basis for my ZFS/Nexenta storage systems. Typically DL380's, since I have expansi

Re: [zfs-discuss] Woeful performance from an iSCSI pool

2012-11-24 Thread Ian Collins
Ian Collins wrote: I look after a remote server that has two iSCSI pools. The volumes for each pool are sparse volumes and a while back the target's storage became full, causing weird and wonderful corruption issues until they manges to free some space. Since then, one pool has been reasonably

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Appliance as a general-purpose server question

2012-11-24 Thread Edmund White
Heh, I wouldn't be using G5's for ZFS purposes now. G6 and better ProLiants are a better deal for RAM capacity and CPU core countŠ Either way, I also use HP systems as the basis for my ZFS/Nexenta storage systems. Typically DL380's, since I have expansion room for either 16 drive bays, or for usin