[zfs-discuss] very slow write performance on 151a

2011-12-15 Thread milosz
hi all, suddenly ran into a very odd issue with a 151a server used primarily for cifs... out of (seemingly) nowhere, writes are incredibly slow, often 10kb/s. this is what zpool iostat 1 looks like when i copy a big file: storepool 13.4T 1.07T 57 0 6.13M 0 storepool 13.4T

Re: [zfs-discuss] very slow write performance on 151a

2011-12-15 Thread milosz
thanks, bill. i killed an old filesystem. also forgot about arc_meta_limit. kicked it up to 4gb from 2gb. things are back to normal. On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Bill Sommerfeld sommerf...@alum.mit.edu wrote: On 12/15/11 09:35, milosz wrote: hi all, suddenly ran into a very odd issue

[zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Anonymous Remailer (austria)
On Solaris 10 If I install using ZFS root on only one drive is there a way to add another drive as a mirror later? Sorry if this was discussed already. I searched the archives and couldn't find the answer. Thank you. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Alan Hargreaves
Title: signature You do it as you would any zpool. Mirroring is OK for the zpool. It's just things like raidz* and concats that are not. # zpool attach rpool device Note the use of attach. "add" will try to make a concat. Regards, Alan Hargreaves

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Anon, The disk that you attach to the root pool will need an SMI label and a slice 0. The syntax to attach a disk to create a mirrored root pool is like this, for example: # zpool attach rpool c1t0d0s0 c1t1d0s0 Thanks, Cindy On 12/15/11 16:20, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: On

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread John D Groenveld
In message a8a35e221e94fdd99d3467bf6113d...@remailer.privacy.at, Anonymous R emailer (austria) writes: On Solaris 10 If I install using ZFS root on only one drive is there a way to add another drive as a mirror later? Sorry if this was discussed already. I searched the archives and couldn't find

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Frank Cusack
Yes, except if your root pool is on a USB stick or removable media. On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) mixmas...@remailer.privacy.at wrote: On Solaris 10 If I install using ZFS root on only one drive is there a way to add another drive as a mirror later? Sorry if

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Frank Cusack
It can still be done for USB, but you have to boot from alternate media to attach the mirror. On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Frank Cusack fr...@linetwo.net wrote: Yes, except if your root pool is on a USB stick or removable media. On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Anonymous Remailer

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Tim Cook
Do you still need to do the grub install? On Dec 15, 2011 5:40 PM, Cindy Swearingen cindy.swearin...@oracle.com wrote: Hi Anon, The disk that you attach to the root pool will need an SMI label and a slice 0. The syntax to attach a disk to create a mirrored root pool is like this, for

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can I create a mirror for a root rpool?

2011-12-15 Thread Gregg Wonderly
Cindy, will it ever be possible to just have attach mirror the surfaces, including the partition tables? I spent an hour today trying to get a new mirror on my root pool. There was a 250GB disk that failed. I only had a 1.5TB handy as a replacement. prtvtoc ... | fmthard does not work in