Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i 9211-4i to connect 12 SATA drives on a Supermicro backplane that supports SES-2. I am finding conflicting

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS issues and the choice of platform

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 26/05/2011 9:54 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: This gives me some pause as I'm in the process of replacing Nexenta boxes that also had flakey reliability. Is anyone using 148 in an enterprise situation with Supermicro? I have three with 3Gb SAS, of around 40Tb. Two are on oi148, and the last

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Migrating zones between OpenIndiana machines

2011-05-27 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
From: Dave Koelmeyerdavekoelme...@me.com Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 06:03:41 To: Discussion list for OpenIndianaopenindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Reply-To: Discussion list for OpenIndianaopenindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Migrating zones between OpenIndiana

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Migrating zones between OpenIndiana machines

2011-05-27 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
On 28/05/11 01:29 AM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote: From: Dave Koelmeyerdavekoelme...@me.com Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 06:03:41 To: Discussion list for OpenIndianaopenindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Reply-To: Discussion list for OpenIndianaopenindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Pete Ashdown
On 05/27/2011 02:10 AM, Mark wrote: On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i 9211-4i to connect 12 SATA drives on a Supermicro backplane that

[OpenIndiana-discuss] NTPD and PPM issues?

2011-05-27 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
I have an openindiana virtual machine running under ESXi. The vmware tools are installed and timesync is disabled. I have ntpd configured and working with several servers in the us.pool.ntp.org subdomain. It all seems to work - comparing the time with 2 other virtual machines on the same

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Pete Ashdown
On 05/27/2011 11:02 AM, LaoTsao wrote: Are the 9240-8i/4i appropriate? I can't find any specs that specifically mention ses2. The link tell you to get megaraid controller The LSI SAS2 hba controllers don't seem to have ses2 support at present. As far as I could tell, the ses functionality

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
check this link http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/User/AssetMgr.aspx?asset=55129 On 5/27/2011 2:33 PM, Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 11:02 AM, LaoTsao wrote: Are the 9240-8i/4i appropriate? I can't find any specs that specifically mention ses2. The link tell you to get megaraid

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NTPD and PPM issues?

2011-05-27 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Dan Swartzendruber wrote: I have an openindiana virtual machine running under ESXi. The vmware tools are installed and timesync is disabled. I have ntpd configured and working with several servers in the us.pool.ntp.org subdomain. It all seems to work - comparing the time with 2 other

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NTPD and PPM issues?

2011-05-27 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
Andrew Gabriel wrote: Dan Swartzendruber wrote: I have an openindiana virtual machine running under ESXi. The vmware tools are installed and timesync is disabled. I have ntpd configured and working with several servers in the us.pool.ntp.org subdomain. It all seems to work - comparing the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
another reference point if you check out these docs for ZFS appliance http://wikis.sun.com/display/FishWorks/Documentation customer service manual, will giv you detail HW break down of ZFS appliance On 5/27/2011 3:03 PM, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D. wrote: check this link

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
of course for ZFS you donot really use any HW-RAID function of the megaraid controller you will use HDD as individual devices beside SES-2 you will also take advantage any NVRAM in the controller(if any) On 5/27/2011 3:03 PM, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D. wrote: check this link

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NTPD and PPM issues?

2011-05-27 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Dan Swartzendruber wrote: Andrew Gabriel wrote: Dan Swartzendruber wrote: I have an openindiana virtual machine running under ESXi. The vmware tools are installed and timesync is disabled. I have ntpd configured and working with several servers in the us.pool.ntp.org subdomain. It all

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
for 9240-8i http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/User/AssetMgr.aspx?asset=55129 On 5/27/2011 2:33 PM, Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 11:02 AM, LaoTsao wrote: Are the 9240-8i/4i appropriate? I can't find any specs that specifically mention ses2. The link tell you to get megaraid

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS storage best practices

2011-05-27 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
Gabriele Bulfon wrote: Hello, I have some questions about best strategies when using OI as a ZFS storage. My general idea, is that servers should boot from zfs volumes shared via iscsi. One caveat: rather than a zvol, I would use a thin-provisioned file to back the iSCSI LUN. People

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] sata port multiplier?

2011-05-27 Thread Ray Arachelian
On 05/25/2011 05:21 PM, Matt Connolly wrote: Sounds like an almost identical setup to what I have. Although I'm using a Si3114 card. I have AHCI enabled in the bios, so my drivers are: Silicon Image si3114 = pci-ide Intel SATA Controller = ahci. And, if you do find a miniPCIe SSD, please

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS storage best practices

2011-05-27 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
Thanks a lot for your suggestions :) I'll make my tests ;) About the backups, these are arguments for another discussion, later ;) About duplicating, I mean: if I need to have zfs on mirrors/ridez, it's ok if the storage does this. Then, if my Solaris host connects via iscsi, that iscsi resource

[OpenIndiana-discuss] NFS Linux client slow reads

2011-05-27 Thread Pete Ashdown
Both NFS tests were conducted on the same hardware, with 4 aggregated 802.3ad gig-e ports on the server and 2 aggregated 802.3ad gig-e ports on the client. The OI server has 24GB RAM, 8 2TB Seagate drives, and a 32GB SSD for ZIL and a 160GB SSD for L2ARC. Test 1: Ubuntu Linux server client #

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 28/05/2011 3:25 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 02:10 AM, Mark wrote: On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i 9211-4i to connect 12