Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended eSATA PCI cards

2011-05-06 Thread Mark Danico
Hi Rich, With the Ultra 20M2 there is a very cheap/easy alternative that might work for you (until you need to expand past 2 more external devices anyway) Pick up an eSATA pci bracket cable adapter, something like this- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812226003&cm_re=eSATA-

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compress a Root Pool?

2008-08-02 Thread Mark Danico
Sure, zfs set compression=on rpool Of course this only compresses items written after compression is turned on. On my system when I started to perform the install I opened up a terminal and after rpool was created I set the compression to on so that it got set before the packages were installed.

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

Re: [zfs-discuss] LSI RAID Configuration Steps on T2000

2006-07-31 Thread Mark Danico
Malahat, For the boot drive you'll want to read the product notes document also since there are some special instructions that may need to be followed. http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/coolthreads/t2000/index.html That document also covers some patches that are req

Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID & ZFS

2006-07-25 Thread Mark Danico
Karen, This looks like you were using the internal raid on a T2000, is that right? If so is it possible that you did not re-label the drives after you deleted the volume? After deleting a raid volume using the onboard controller you must relabel the affected drives. The 1064 controller utilizes