Re: [zfs-discuss] Spare Won't Remove

2008-02-19 Thread Robin Guo
Hi, Christ, I just verified this issue could simply reproduce in onnv, I've filed CR #6664649 to trace it. Thanks for report. # zpool create -f tank c3t5d0s1 spare c3t5d0s0 # mkfile 100m /var/tmp/file # zpool add tank sparc /var/tmp/file # zpool export tank # format c3t5d0 ( modify c3t5d0s0

Re: [zfs-discuss] can't share a zfs

2008-02-19 Thread Robin Guo
Hi, Jason, Could you succeed by these steps? # zpool create tank vdev # zfs set sharenfs=on tank # share [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tank rw The nfs server will be enable automatically while there's any shareable dataset exist, (sharenfs or sharesmb = on) jason wrote: -bash-3.2$

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool shared between OSX and Solaris on a MacBook Pro

2008-02-19 Thread Darren J Moffat
Peter Karlsson wrote: Hi, I got my MacBook pro set up to dual boot between Solaris and OSX and I have created a zpool to use as a shred storage for documents etc.. However got this strange thing when trying to access the zpool from Solaris, only root can see it?? I created the zpool

[zfs-discuss] Regression with ZFS best practice

2008-02-19 Thread Laurent Blume
Hi all, I've just put my first ZFS into production, and users are complaining about some regressions. One problem for them is that now, they can't see all the users directories in the automount point: the homedirs used to be part of a single UFS, and were browsable with the correct autofs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Regression with ZFS best practice

2008-02-19 Thread Mattias Pantzare
I've just put my first ZFS into production, and users are complaining about some regressions. One problem for them is that now, they can't see all the users directories in the automount point: the homedirs used to be part of a single UFS, and were browsable with the correct autofs option.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Help with the best layout

2008-02-19 Thread Kim Tingkær
Thanks everybody :) The solution i'm using now is the one where i backup to the usb disk and settle for a mirror on the two smaller disks. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Kernel panic on arc_buf_remove_ref() assertion

2008-02-19 Thread Stuart Anderson
In this particular case will 127729-07 contain all the bug fixes in IDR127787-12 (or later?). I have also run into a few other kernel panics addressed in earlier revisions of this IDR but I am eager to get back on the main Sol10 branch. Thanks. On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 08:45:46PM -0800, Prabahar

Re: [zfs-discuss] filebench for Solaris 10?

2008-02-19 Thread eric kustarz
On Feb 16, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: Some of us are still using Solaris 10 since it is the version of Solaris released and supported by Sun. The 'filebench' software from SourceForge does not seem to install or work on Solaris 10. The 'pkgadd' command refuses to recognize

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool shared between OSX and Solaris on a MacBook Pro

2008-02-19 Thread Peter Karlsson
On Feb 19, 2008, at 17:27, Darren J Moffat wrote: Peter Karlsson wrote: Hi, I got my MacBook pro set up to dual boot between Solaris and OSX and I have created a zpool to use as a shred storage for documents etc.. However got this strange thing when trying to access the zpool from

Re: [zfs-discuss] 100% random writes coming out as 50/50 reads/writes

2008-02-19 Thread Glinty McFrikknuts
Thanks for the suggestions. I re-created the pool, set the record size to 8K, re-created the file and increased the I/O size from the application. It's nearly all writes now. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

[zfs-discuss] ZFS and small block random I/O

2008-02-19 Thread Marcel Guerin
Hi, We're doing some benchmarking at a customer (using IOzone) and for some specific small block random tests, performance of their X4500 is very poor (~1.2 MB/s aggregate throughput for a 5+1 RAIDZ). Specifically, the test is the IOzone multithreaded throughput test of an 8GB file size and

Re: [zfs-discuss] can't share a zfs

2008-02-19 Thread jason
that doesn't work it looks like something maybe corrupt, maybe something didn't get installed properly or i have a bad disc, for some reason my share command doesn't have an -F option i'm going to get a new disc and reinstall everything thanks for the help everyone This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] can't share a zfs

2008-02-19 Thread jason
btw, my machine doesn't have a dns name so i had to enter a phony one to get nfs/server online can that have any ill effects? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and small block random I/O

2008-02-19 Thread Richard Elling
Start with the man page for zfs(1m), specifically, the recordsize parameter. More discussion is available on the Solaris Internals ZFS Best Practices Guide. http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide -- richard Marcel Guerin wrote: Hi, We’re doing some

[zfs-discuss] five megabytes per second with Microsoft iSCSI initiator (2.06)

2008-02-19 Thread John Tracy
Hello All- I've been creating iSCSI targets on the following two boxes: - Sun Ultra 40 M2 with eight 10K SATA disks - Sun x2200 M2, with two 15K RPM SAS drives Both were running build 82 I'm creating a zfs volume, and sharing it with zfs set shareiscsi=on poolname/volume. I can access the iSCSI

Re: [zfs-discuss] filebench for Solaris 10?

2008-02-19 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Some of us are still using Solaris 10 since it is the version of Solaris released and supported by Sun. The 'filebench' software from SourceForge does not seem to install or work on Solaris 10. The 'pkgadd' command refuses to recognize the package, even when it is

Re: [zfs-discuss] how do I fix this situation?

2008-02-19 Thread Max Bruning
Hi everybody, while trying to figure out what on earth has been going on in my u20m2 due to 6636511 u20m2 bios version 1.45.1 still can't distinguish disks on sata channel #1, I engaged in a lot of cable swapping operations for the internal sata drive cables. Somehow I've

Re: [zfs-discuss] how do I fix this situation?

2008-02-19 Thread James C. McPherson
Max Bruning wrote: Hi everybody, while trying to figure out what on earth has been going on in my u20m2 due to 6636511 u20m2 bios version 1.45.1 still can't distinguish disks on sata channel #1, I engaged in a lot of cable swapping operations for the internal sata drive cables. ... Hi

Re: [zfs-discuss] five megabytes per second with Microsoft iSCSI initiator (2.06)

2008-02-19 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm creating a zfs volume, and sharing it with zfs set shareiscsi=on poolname/volume. I can access the iSCSI volume without any problems, but IO is terribly slow, as in five megabytes per second sustained transfers. I've tried creating an iSCSI target stored on a UFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] 'du' is not accurate on zfs

2008-02-19 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It may not be relevant, but I've seen ZFS add weird delays to things too. I deleted a file to free up space, but when I checked no more space was reported. A second or two later the space appeared. Run the sync command before you do the du. That flushes the ARC

Re: [zfs-discuss] filebench for Solaris 10?

2008-02-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Marion Hakanson wrote: I've installed and run filebench (version 1.1.0) from the SourceForge packages on Solaris-10 here, both SPARC and x86_64, with no problems. Looks like I downloaded it 23-Jan-2008. This is what I get with the filebench-1.1.0_x86_pkg.tar.gz from

Re: [zfs-discuss] five megabytes per second with Microsoft iSCSI initiator (2.06)

2008-02-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
It would be useful if people here who have used iSCSI on top of ZFS could share their performance experiences. It is very easy to waste a lot of time trying to realize unrealistic expectations. Hopefully iSCSI on top of ZFS normally manages to transfer much more than 5MB/second! Bob

Re: [zfs-discuss] five megabytes per second with Microsoft iSCSI initiator (2.06)

2008-02-19 Thread Erast Benson
http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/entry/x4500_solaris_zfs_iscsi_perfect On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 14:44 -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: It would be useful if people here who have used iSCSI on top of ZFS could share their performance experiences. It is very easy to waste a lot of time trying to

Re: [zfs-discuss] filebench for Solaris 10?

2008-02-19 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This is what I get with the filebench-1.1.0_x86_pkg.tar.gz from SourceForge: # pkgadd -d . pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in /home/bfriesen/src/benchmark/filebench # ls install/ pkginfo pkgmapreloc/ . . . Um, cd .. and pkgadd -d . again. The

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3ware support

2008-02-19 Thread Dave Johnson
Nice putrid spew of FUD regarding 3Ware cards. Regarding the SuperMicro 8-port SATA PCI-X card, yes, that is a good recommendation. -=dave - Original Message - From: Rob Windsor To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:39 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [zfs-discuss] filebench for Solaris 10?

2008-02-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Marion Hakanson wrote: # pkgadd -d . pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in /home/bfriesen/src/benchmark/filebench # ls install/ pkginfo pkgmapreloc/ . . . Um, cd .. and pkgadd -d . again. The package is the actual directory that you unpacked. Note the