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

2007-10-06 Thread Richard Elling
Peter Schuller wrote: >> Is there a specific reason why you need to do the caching at the DB >> level instead of the file system? I'm really curious as i've got >> conflicting data on why people do this. If i get more data on real >> reasons on why we shouldn't cache at the file system, the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Setting up a file server (NAS)

2007-10-06 Thread MC
This one might be better in the help forum/list :) You will probably want to use the latest SXDE for that instead of Solaris 10. It is a recent well-tested SXCE which is much newer than Solaris 10. Depending on how good the Super Project Indiana OpenSolaris Milestone 1 Turbo turns out at the

[zfs-discuss] Setting up a file server (NAS)

2007-10-06 Thread Ima
Hi all, I have been reading ZFS discussion for a while now and I'm planning a small file server (to be used by only a few people). I'm fairly new to Solaris and OpenSolaris, and I'm thinking of using Solaris 10 08/07. I have a few questions I haven't been able to figure out yet, and would be g

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS booting with Solaris (2007-08)

2007-10-06 Thread Dick Davies
On 30/09/2007, William Papolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, > > I guess using this ... > > set md:mirrored_root_flag=1 > > for Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) is not supported and could cause problems. > > I guess it's back to my first idea ... > > With 2 disks, setup three SDR's (State Datab

Re: [zfs-discuss] Do we have a successful installation method for patch 120011-14?

2007-10-06 Thread EndaO'Connor
Hi What patch has obsoleted 122660-10? run: patchadd -p |grep 122660-10 Enda Bruce Shaw wrote: >> 122660-10 does not have any issues that I am aware of. It is only >> > obsolete, not withdrawn. Additionally, it appears that the circular > patch dependency is by design if you read this BugI

Re: [zfs-discuss] replacing a device with itself doesn't work

2007-10-06 Thread MP
Pawel, Is this a problem with ZFS trying to open the device twice? Richard, Yes a scrub should fix the device. One of zfs' faetures is ease of administration. It seems to defy logic that a scrub does not fix all devices, if possible. Why make it any harder for the admin? Cheers. This me

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS & array NVRAM cache

2007-10-06 Thread Selim Daoud
provided 3310 cache does not induce silent block corruption when writing to disks s. On 10/5/07, Vincent Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I went ahead and loaded 10u4 on a pair of V210 units. > > I am going to set this nocacheflush option and cross my fingers and see how > it goes. > > I have

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-06 Thread Kugutsumen
>> >> The question of why to have different storage pools has still not >> been >> satisfactorily addressed. Methinks people are still confusing >> pools and >> data sets. >> > > Is it possible to create a pool called rootpool made up for example > of mirror c1t0d0 c2t0d0 > then add 4 disks