Re: [zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread przemolicc
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 01:20:24PM -0600, eric kustarz wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2007, at 1:11 PM, David Runyon wrote: > > > We are using MySQL, and love the idea of using zfs for this. We > > are used to using Direct I/O to bypass file system caching (let the > > DB do this). Does this exist fo

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs in san

2007-10-02 Thread Richard Elling
Todd Sawyers wrote: > I am planning to use zfs with fiber attached san disk from a emc symmetrix's > Based on a note in the admin guide it appears that even though > the symmetrixs will handle the hardware raid it is still advisable to create > a zfs mirror on the host side to take full advantage o

[zfs-discuss] zfs in san

2007-10-02 Thread Todd Sawyers
I am planning to use zfs with fiber attached san disk from a emc symmetrix's Based on a note in the admin guide it appears that even though the symmetrixs will handle the hardware raid it is still advisable to create a zfs mirror on the host side to take full advantage of zfs's self healing/error c

Re: [zfs-discuss] use 32-bit inode scripts on zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread roland
could you give an example what a 32bit inode script is ? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread Richard Elling
David Runyon wrote: > We are using MySQL, and love the idea of using zfs for this. We are used to > using Direct I/O to bypass file system caching (let the DB do this). Does > this exist for zfs? This is a FAQ. See: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Gu

[zfs-discuss] use 32-bit inode scripts on zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread David Runyon
I don't know if this is enough information to answer this. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread Rayson Ho
1) Modern DBMSs cache database pages in their own buffer pool because it is less expensive than to access data from the OS. (IIRC, MySQL's MyISAM is the only one that relies on the FS cache, but a lot of MySQL sites use INNODB which has its own buffer pool) 2) Also, direct I/O is faster because it

Re: [zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread eric kustarz
On Oct 2, 2007, at 1:11 PM, David Runyon wrote: > We are using MySQL, and love the idea of using zfs for this. We > are used to using Direct I/O to bypass file system caching (let the > DB do this). Does this exist for zfs? Not yet, see: 6429855 Need way to tell ZFS that caching is a lost

[zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-02 Thread David Runyon
We are using MySQL, and love the idea of using zfs for this. We are used to using Direct I/O to bypass file system caching (let the DB do this). Does this exist for zfs? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-dis

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP!!!!

2007-10-02 Thread Rob Windsor
There is a "genesis patch" for 01/06 that seems to work well, also. 122640 - sparc 122641 - x86 I'm not sure why this isn't mentioned in the FAQ. Rob++ Mark Danico wrote: > Mike, > Check out the first question of the zfs FAQ: > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/faq/ > > How can I get ZFS

[zfs-discuss] quick setup zfs bootable build 72

2007-10-02 Thread Al Hopper
Apologies (in advance) to anyone who is also subscribed to install-discuss. Posted a "cheat sheet" style blog that will help you setup a PXE bootable install server to load SXCE Build 72 (or later) in a ZFS bootable configuration. From scratch, you should be able to complete the entire proce

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP!!!!

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Danico
Mike, Check out the first question of the zfs FAQ: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/faq/ How can I get ZFS? ZFS is available in the following releases: * OpenSolaris release, build 27a and later * Solaris Express releases * Starting in the Solaris 10 6/06 r

[zfs-discuss] HELP!!!!

2007-10-02 Thread mike.shih
My OS is solaris10 01/06 there is no ZFS on it How can I install ZFS package on my solaris10 and where can I download ZFS package? thanks for your help~~ This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Multi-level ZFS in a SAN

2007-10-02 Thread Nathan Essex
I think I can offer a straightforward explanation to the following: I like the error-correction quality of ZFS; however, the ZFS > Administration Guide states: "A non-redundant pool configuration is > not recommended for production environments even if the single storage > object is presented from