Re: [zfs-discuss] How can I copy a ZFS filesystem back and forth

2012-12-03 Thread Chris Nagele
the latest snapshot. As the data is received the gzip compression will be applied. Since the new filesystem already exists you will have to do a zfs receive -Fv to force it. --chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
(opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com To: Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC cdun...@earthside.net, zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:14:59 PM Subject: RE: [zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive From: zfs-discuss-boun

[zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-27 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
the decision to yank and replace? Thank you! Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-27 Thread Chris Dunbar
, at 9:08 PM, Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com wrote: You don't use replace on mirror vdevs. 'zpool detach' the failed drive. Then 'zpool attach' the new drive. On Nov 27, 2012 6:00 PM, Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC cdun...@earthside.net wrote: Hello, I have a degraded mirror set

Re: [zfs-discuss] ARC de-allocation with large ram

2012-10-22 Thread Chris Nagele
14 148G371G 23K 21K 1.4K931.4K 381.4K 2 148G371G My only guess is that the large zfs send / recv streams were affecting the cache when they started and finished. Thanks for the responses and help. Chris ___ zfs

[zfs-discuss] ARC de-allocation with large ram

2012-10-20 Thread Chris Nagele
/receive affect the arc. Does anyone else have any ideas? Thanks, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] scripting incremental replication data streams

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Nagele
of snapshots (which are sent every minute or less) as well as one snapshot per day for 30 days. All snapshots are created on the primary host and pulled to the remote host to avoid issues. If you are interested we can push the code to github once we test it. -Chris

[zfs-discuss] ZIL iops expectations

2012-08-11 Thread Chris Nagele
9211-8i connected to the SM backplane. Networking is 10gbe (x510-DA2) directly connected via SFP+ twin-axial. Thanks, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL iops expectations

2012-08-11 Thread Chris Nagele
main benchmarks have been using sample sets of production data. My main reason for this post was to find out if I am getting expected (or usual) results compared to others. I say this because: * Chris from DDRDrive was able to get better results with the X1 (well over 9500 iops) on an X8DTH-6F

Re: [zfs-discuss] GUI to set ACLs

2012-01-31 Thread Chris Ridd
they're exposed to it over CIFS. ;-) Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Apple's ZFS-alike - Re: Does raidzN actually protect against bitrot? If yes - how?

2012-01-16 Thread Chris Ridd
have no idea on their pricing. The software is still in development. They have announced pricing for 2 of their 4 ZFS products: see http://tenscomplement.com/our-products. Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] SATA hardware advice

2011-12-17 Thread Chris Ridd
into the mix somewhere - either into the JBOD or the spare bays in the DL360. Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] SATA hardware advice

2011-12-17 Thread Chris Ridd
On 17 Dec 2011, at 19:35, Edmund White wrote: On 12/17/11 8:27 PM, Chris Ridd chrisr...@mac.com wrote: Can you explain how you got the SSDs into the HP sleds? Did you buy blank sleds from somewhere, or cannibalise some cheap HP drives? I assumed some part of the HP hardware would

Re: [zfs-discuss] is there an inmemory map of all files in a zfs filesystem, or how can I get it ?

2011-09-04 Thread Chris Ridd
Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sudden drop in disk performance - WD20EURS 4k sectors to blame?

2011-08-15 Thread chris scott
Did you 4k align your partition table and is ashift=12? -- 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] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about ZFS/CIFS

2011-08-13 Thread Chris Ridd
still need to do a chmod -R on each filesystem to set the ACLs on each existing directory. Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
in the past. I just have to find the command again. Once that is done, do I need to detach the spare before I run the replace command or does running the replace command automatically bump the spare out of service and put it back to being just a spare? Thanks! Chris - Original Message

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
It's resilvering now - thanks for the help! - Original Message - From: Cindy Swearingen cindy.swearin...@oracle.com To: Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC cdun...@earthside.net Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 4:26:00 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Ridd
On 22 Jul 2011, at 21:29, Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC wrote: It's resilvering now - thanks for the help! I think the command you were trying to recall was prtvtoc. Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

[zfs-discuss] sharetab not automatically updated

2011-07-11 Thread Chris Twa
wondering if all h3ll will break loose when I inevitably reboot. Any help appreciated, Chris Twa ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] 700GB gone? zfs list and df differs!

2011-07-04 Thread Chris Ridd
snapshots by default; you need to add -t snapshot (or -t all) to see them. Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] RealSSD C300 - Crucial CT064M4SSD2

2011-06-08 Thread Ruschmann, Chris J (DOL)
I am running 4 of the 128GB version in our DR environment as L2ARC. I don't have anything bad to say about them. They run quite well. -Original Message- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Ă–gren Sent: Wednesday, June

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris vs FreeBSD question

2011-05-20 Thread Chris Forgeron
Original Message- From: Frank Van Damme Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 6:25 AM Op 20-05-11 01:17, Chris Forgeron schreef: I ended up switching back to FreeBSD after using Solaris for some time because I was getting tired of weird pool corruptions and the like. Did you ever manage

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mapping sas address to physical disk in enclosure

2011-05-19 Thread Chris Ridd
help? I can't recall how you work out the arg to pass to sestopo :-( Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mapping sas address to physical disk in enclosure

2011-05-19 Thread Chris Ridd
On 19 May 2011, at 14:44, Evaldas Auryla wrote: Hi Chris, there is no sestopo on this box (Solaris Express 11 151a), fmtopo -dV works nice, although it's a bit overkill with manually parsing the output :) You need to install pkg:/system/io/tests. Chris

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris vs FreeBSD question

2011-05-19 Thread Chris Forgeron
-Original Message- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Paul Kraus Over the past few months I have seen mention of FreeBSD a couple time in regards to ZFS. My question is how stable (reliable) is ZFS on this platform ?

Re: [zfs-discuss] 350TB+ storage solution

2011-05-18 Thread Chris Mosetick
to go in the packing dept. I still love their prices! -Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] primarycache=metadata seems to force behaviour of secondarycache=metadata

2011-05-14 Thread Chris Forgeron
On May 9, 2010 at 5:29PM, Richard Elling wrote: On May 9, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Chris Forgeron wrote: [..] Q1 - Doesn't this behavior mean that the L2ARC can never get data objects if the ARC doesn't hold them? Yes. Is setting primary to metadata and secondary to all an impossible request

Re: [zfs-discuss] gaining speed with l2arc

2011-05-09 Thread Chris Forgeron
I've got a system with 24 Gig of RAM, and I'm running into some interesting issues playing with the ARC, L2ARC, and the DDT. I'll post a separate thread here shortly. I think even if you add more RAM, you'll run into what I'm noticing (and posting about). -Original Message- From:

[zfs-discuss] primarycache=metadata seems to force behaviour of secondarycache=metadata

2011-05-09 Thread Chris Forgeron
Hello, I'm on FreeBSD 9 with ZFS v28, and it's possible this combination is causing my issue, but I thought I'd start here first and will cross-post to the FreeBSD ZFS threads if the Solaris crowd thinks this is a FreeBSD problem. The issue: From carefully watching my ARC/L2ARC size and

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Going forward after Oracle - Let's get organized, let's get started.

2011-04-09 Thread Chris Forgeron
I see your point, but you also have to understand that sometimes too many helpers/opinions are a bad thing. There is a set core of ZFS developers who make a lot of this move forward, and they are the key right now. The rest of us will just muddy the waters with conflicting/divergent opinions

Re: [zfs-discuss] X4540 no next-gen product?

2011-04-08 Thread Chris Banal
, finger pointing between vendors, or have lots of grief from an untested combination of parts. If this isn't possible we'll certainly find a another solution. I already know it won't be the 7000 series. Thank you, Chris Banal Marion Hakanson wrote: jp...@cam.ac.uk said: I can't speak

Re: [zfs-discuss] X4540 no next-gen product?

2011-04-08 Thread Chris Banal
Can anyone comment on Solaris with zfs on HP systems? Do things work reliably? When there is trouble how many hoops does HP make you jump through (how painful is it to get a part replaced that isn't flat out smokin')? Have you gotten bounced between vendors? Thanks, Chris Erik Trimble wrote

[zfs-discuss] X4540 no next-gen product?

2011-04-07 Thread Chris Banal
will be at NAB this year? I'd like to talk to a few if they are... -- Thank you, Chris Banal ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Going forward after Oracle - Let's get organized, let's get started.

2011-04-02 Thread Chris Forgeron
Ah, that's all I really need to know. I expected it to be public, but I completely understand the need to keep it private so it can move forward properly. This should hopefully provide enough record for other ZFS well-wishers who are searching for signs of post-Oracle development.

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Going forward after Oracle - Let's get organized, let's get started.

2011-03-25 Thread Chris Forgeron
I'm curious where ZFS development is going. I've been reading through the lists, and watching Oracle, Nexenta, Illumos, and OpenIndiana for signs of life. The feeling I get is that while there is plenty of userland work being done, there is next to nothing on ZFS development outside of the

Re: [zfs-discuss] how to destroy a pool by id?

2011-02-14 Thread chris
I have old pool skeletons with vdevs that no longer exist. Can't import them, can't destroy them, can't even rename them to something obvious like junk1. What do I do to clean up? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] smbd becomes unresponsive on snv_151a

2011-02-10 Thread Chris Forgeron
Are you running CIFS with any AD integration, or is it functioning in work-group mode? Do you have lockups only when you transfer a lot of data, or will it lock up without any machine working on the CIFS share? How long is time to time? -Original Message- From:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Repairing Faulted ZFS pool when zbd doesn't recognize the pool as existing

2011-02-08 Thread Chris Forgeron
Quick update; George has been very helpful, and there is progress with my zpool. I've got partial read ability at this point, and some data is being copied off. It was _way_ beyond my skillset to do anything. Once we have things resolved to a better level, I'll post more details (with a lot

Re: [zfs-discuss] Repairing Faulted ZFS pool when zbd doesn't recognize the pool as existing

2011-02-08 Thread Chris Forgeron
efforts. From: haak...@gmail.com [mailto:haak...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Mark Alkema Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:38 PM To: Chris Forgeron Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Repairing Faulted ZFS pool when zbd doesn't recognize the pool as existing good for you chris! i`m very interested in the details

Re: [zfs-discuss] Drive id confusion

2011-02-06 Thread Chris Ridd
create the apporpirate /dev/dsk and etc. files based on what's present? Is reviewing the source code to devfsadm helpful? I bet it hasn't changed much from: http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/devfsadm/ Chris ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] How well does zfs mirror handle temporary disk offlines?

2011-01-18 Thread Chris Banal
no trouble with it as far as I could tell. Would only resliver the data that was changed while that drive was offline. We had no data loss. Thank you, Chris Banal ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs + charset

2011-01-15 Thread Chris Ridd
unspecified, the utf8only property is automatically set to on. The default value of the normalization property is none. This property cannot be changed after the file system is created. --- Cheers, Chris

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs + charset

2011-01-15 Thread Chris Ridd
On 15 Jan 2011, at 13:57, Achim Wolpers wrote: Am 15.01.11 14:52, schrieb Chris Ridd: What are the normalization properties of these filesystems? The zfs man page says they're used when comparing filenames: The normalization properties are set to none. Is this the key to my solution

Re: [zfs-discuss] Single VDEV pool permanent and checksum errors after replace

2011-01-06 Thread Chris Murray
, it was only a small amount of data. Thanks again, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Single VDEV pool permanent and checksum errors after replace

2011-01-06 Thread Chris Murray
On 6 January 2011 20:02, Chris Murray chrismurra...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 January 2011 13:26, Edward Ned Harvey opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com wrote: One comment about etiquette though: I'll certainly bear your comments in mind in future, however I'm not sure what

Re: [zfs-discuss] Single VDEV pool permanent and checksum errors after replace

2011-01-05 Thread Chris Murray
, but I'd like to satisfy my own curiosity with this little exercise in recovery. Thanks again for the input, Chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman

[zfs-discuss] What are .$EXTEND directories?

2011-01-03 Thread Chris Ridd
:-( I don't think they're doing any harm, but I'm curious. Someone's bound to notice and ask me as well :-) Cheers, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] What are .$EXTEND directories?

2011-01-03 Thread Chris Ridd
used zfs in my search string :-) Check out the table on Metafiles here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS OK, so they're probably an artefact of having set sharesmb=on, even though I've not joined the box to a domain yet. Cheers, Chris ___ zfs

[zfs-discuss] Single VDEV pool permanent and checksum errors after replace

2011-01-03 Thread Chris Murray
.. ? Thank you in advance, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Guide to COMSTAR iSCSI?

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Mosetick
-and-vmware-iscsi-connections -Chris On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Martin Mundschenk m.mundsch...@mundschenk.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I have configured two LUs following this guide: http://thegreyblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/setting-up-solaris-comstar

[zfs-discuss] accidentally added a drive?

2010-12-06 Thread chris vanderhousen
I'm trying to individually upgrade drives in my raid z configuration, but I accidentally added my replacement drive to the root rank instead of the raidz1 under it.. Right now things look like this.. NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM tank DEGRADED 0 0

Re: [zfs-discuss] accidentally added a drive?

2010-12-06 Thread chris vanderhousen
here it is properly formatted! --NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM --tank DEGRADED 0 0 0 --ad4s1d ONLINE 0 0 0 --raidz1 DEGRADED 0 0 0 -ad6s1d ONLINE 0 0 0 -ad8s1d UNAVAIL 0 0 0 cannot annot open

Re: [zfs-discuss] accidentally added a drive?

2010-12-06 Thread Chris Gerhard
Alas you are hosed. There is at the moment no way to shrink a pool which is what you now need to be able to do. back up and restore I am afraid. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ RevoDrive ZFS support

2010-11-27 Thread Chris Mosetick
great for you in a L2ARC role after extensive testing, then by all means use it, I just wanted to pass along my experience. -Chris The RevoDrive should not require a custom device driver as it is based on the Silicon Image 3124 PCI-X RAID controller connected to a Pericom PCI-X to PCIe bridge

[zfs-discuss] using ZFS on new system

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Marquardt
I just got a new system and want to use ZFS. I want it look like it did on the old system. I'm not a systems person and I did not setup the current system. The guy who did no longer works here. Can I do zfs list and zpool list and get ALL the information I need to do this? Thanks, Chris

Re: [zfs-discuss] using ZFS on new system

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Marquardt
Thanks for your response(s). I was able to find someone here in another group that will setup ZFS for me. Whew !!! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/receive and locking

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Mosetick
transfer speeds is enable blowfish-cbc in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and then modify the script to use that cipher. Cheers, -Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL recommendations

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Dunbar
, but it's a lot more expensive. Regards, Chris Dunbar On Nov 1, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: - Original Message - Hello, I realize this is a perpetual topic, but after re-reading all the messages I had saved on the subject I find that I am still uncertain. I am

[zfs-discuss] ZIL recommendations

2010-11-01 Thread Chris Dunbar
was planning to buy two Intel X25-E 32 GB drives, but then read something about OCZ Vertex 2 drives and the benefits of supercapicitors. The server sits in a colo center so the power is reasonably reliable, but certainly not foolproof. Thank you, Chris Dunbar

Re: [zfs-discuss] [osol-discuss] [illumos-Developer] zpool upgrade and zfs upgrade behavior on b145

2010-09-29 Thread Chris Mosetick
config is almost certainly set by the zpool and/or zfs commands. Somewhere, something is not happening that is supposed to when initiating a zpool upgrade, but since I know virtually nothing of the internals of zfs, I do not know where. Sincerely, -Chris

Re: [zfs-discuss] [osol-discuss] [illumos-Developer] zpool upgrade and zfs upgrade behavior on b145

2010-09-29 Thread Chris Mosetick
rebooted about five or six times since the pool version upgrade. One should not have to reboot six times! More mystery to this pool upgrade behavior!! -Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman

Re: [zfs-discuss] dedicated ZIL/L2ARC

2010-09-15 Thread Chris Mosetick
We have two Intel X25-E 32GB SSD drives in one of our servers. I'm using one for ZIl and one for L2ARC, we are having great results so far. Cheers, -Chris On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Richard Elling rich...@nexenta.com wrote: On Sep 14, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Wolfraider wrote: We

[zfs-discuss] zpool upgrade and zfs upgrade behavior on b145

2010-09-13 Thread Chris Mosetick
the rpool and test pool version numbers according to zdb on the host weston. Can anyone provide any insight into what I'm seeing? Do I need to delete my b134 boot environments for rpool to show as version 27 in zdb? Why does zdb -D rpool give me can't open on the host bob? Thank you in advance, -Chris

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS online device management

2010-09-13 Thread Chris Mosetick
the 6 SATA disks. Put in the 6 SAS disks. Power on the server. echo | format to get the disk ID's of the new SAS disks. zpool create speed raidz disk1 disk2 disk3 disk4 disk5 disk6 Thanks in advance, -Chris On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:37 PM, besson3c j...@netmusician.org wrote: Ahhh, I

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS online device management

2010-09-13 Thread Chris Mosetick
So are there now any methods to achieve the scenario I described to shrink a pools size with existing ZFS tools? I don't see a definitive way listed on the old shrinking threadhttp://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=8125 . Thank you, -Chris On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:55 PM

[zfs-discuss] Hang on zpool import (dedup related)

2010-09-12 Thread Chris Murray
, and that hasn't returned me back to the prompt yet. Also tried to SSH in with another session, and that hasn't produced the login prompt. Thanks in advance, Chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Hang on zpool import (dedup related)

2010-09-12 Thread Chris Murray
Absolutely spot on George. The import with -N took seconds. Working on the assumption that esx_prod is the one with the problem, I bumped that to the bottom of the list. Each mount was done in a second: # zfs mount zp # zfs mount zp/nfs # zfs mount zp/nfs/esx_dev # zfs mount zp/nfs/esx_hedgehog

[zfs-discuss] one ZIL SLOG per zpool?

2010-08-12 Thread Chris Twa
I have three zpools on a server and want to add a mirrored pair of ssd's for the ZIL. Can the same pair of SSDs be used for the ZIL of all three zpools or is it one ZIL SLOG device per zpool? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] one ZIL SLOG per zpool?

2010-08-12 Thread Chris Twa
Thank you everyone for your answers. Cost is a factor, but the main obstacle is that the chassis will only support four SSDs (and that's with using the spare 5.25 bay for a 4x2.5 hotswap bay). My plan now is to buy the ssd's and do extensive testing. I want to focus my performance efforts

[zfs-discuss] Splitting root mirror to prep for re-install

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Josephes
on the new SATA controller) 3. Run zpool import against preserve, copy over data that should be migrated. 4. Rebuild the mirror by destroying the preserve pool and attaching c7d0s0 to the rpool mirror. Am I missing anything? -- Chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Splitting root mirror to prep for re-install

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Josephes
So, after rebuilding, you don't want to restore the same OS that you're currently running. But there are some files you'd like to save for after you reinstall. Why not just copy them off somewhere, in a tarball or something like that? It's about 200+ gigs of files. If I had a third

Re: [zfs-discuss] Splitting root mirror to prep for re-install

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Josephes
You can also use the zpool split command and save yourself having to do the zfs send|zfs recv step - all the data will be preserved. zpool split rpool preserve does essentially everything up to and including the zpool export preserve commands you listed in your original email. Just don't

[zfs-discuss] Existing zpool, add new disk to create raidz

2010-07-22 Thread Chris
is called tank and the new disk is c4t0d0, would the command be something like: zpool create newtank raidz tank c4t0d0? Many thanks, Chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] inodes in snapshots

2010-05-28 Thread Chris Gerhard
Just to close this. It turns out you can't get the crtime over NFS so without access to the NFS server there is only limited checking that can be done. I filed CR 6956379 Unable to open extended attributes or get the crtime of files in snapshots over NFS. --chris -- This message posted

[zfs-discuss] iSCSI confusion

2010-05-23 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
/question. Is it possible to share the same ZFS file system with multiple ESX hosts via iSCSI? My belief is that an iSCSI connection is sort of like having a dedicated physical drive and therefore does not lend itself to sharing between multiple systems. Please set me straight. Thank you, Chris

[zfs-discuss] inodes in snapshots

2010-05-19 Thread Chris Gerhard
If I create a file in a file system and then snapshot the file system. Then delete the file. Is it guaranteed that while the snapshot exists no new file will be created with the same inode number as the deleted file? --chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] inodes in snapshots

2010-05-19 Thread Chris Gerhard
. If they are able to be reused then when an inode number matches I would also have to compare the real creation time which requires looking at the extended attributes. --chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X clients with ZFS server

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Ridd
with that! Use Wireshark (formerly Ethereal); works great for me. It does require X11 on your machine. Macs come with the command-line tcpdump tool. Wireshark (recommended anyway!) can read files saved by tcpdump and snoop. Cheers, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] SAS vs SATA: Same size, same speed, why SAS?

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Du
SAS: full duplex SATA: half duplex SAS: dual port SATA: single port (some enterprise SATA has dual port) SAS: 2 active channel - 2 concurrent write, or 2 read, or 1 write and 1 read SATA: 1 active channel - 1 read or 1 write SAS: Full error detection and recovery on both read and write SATA:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Disk/Partition replacement - do partition begin/end/offsets matter?

2010-04-25 Thread Chris Gerhard
One of my pools (backup pool) has a disk which I suspect may be going south. I have a replacement disk of the same size. The original pool was using one of the partitions towards the end of the disk. I want to move the partition to the beginning of the disk on the new disk. Does ZFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS RaidZ recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread Chris Dunbar
? In this case, I realize that Jason also needs to maximize the space he has in order to store all of those legitimately copied Blu-Ray movies. ;-) Regards, Chris On Apr 7, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Jason S wrote: Thank you for the replies guys! I was actually already planning to get another 4 gigs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Locking snapshots when using zfs send

2010-04-07 Thread Chris Kirby
streams. I'm unable to reproduce the 'zfs holds -r' issue on build 133. I'll try build 134, but I'm not aware of any changes in that area. -Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] can't destroy snapshot

2010-04-01 Thread Chris Kirby
going to take me several days to get all the data back. Is there any known workaround? Charles, Can you 'zpool export' and 'zpool import' the pool, and then try destroying the snapshot again? -Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sun Flash Accelerator F20 numbers

2010-03-31 Thread Chris Ridd
; the $1015 you quote is for the standard Sun Software service plan. Is a service plan now *required*, a la Solaris 10? Cheers, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sun Flash Accelerator F20 numbers

2010-03-31 Thread Chris Ridd
On 31 Mar 2010, at 17:50, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Chris Ridd wrote: Yesterday I noticed that the Sun Studio 12 compiler (used to build OpenSolaris) now costs a minimum of $1,015/year. The Premium service plan costs $200 more. The download still seems to be a free

[zfs-discuss] ZFS file system confusion

2010-03-24 Thread Chris Dunbar
of tank/nfs, does it include the data in foo1 and foo2 or are they excluded since they are separate ZFS file systems? Thanks for your help. Regards, Chris Dunbar ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS file system confusion

2010-03-24 Thread Chris Dunbar
Brandon, Thank you for the explanation. It looks like I will have to share out each file system. I was trying to keep the number of shares manageable, but it sounds like that won't work. Regards, Chris On Mar 24, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Brandon High wrote: 2010/3/24 Chris Dunbar cdun

Re: [zfs-discuss] Rethinking my zpool

2010-03-22 Thread Chris Dunbar
thing. I think the 6 x 2-way mirror configuration gives me the best mix of performance and fault tolerance. Regards, Chris Dunbar On Mar 19, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC wrote: Hello, After being immersed in this list and other ZFS sites for the past

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thoughts on ZFS Pool Backup Strategies

2010-03-20 Thread Chris Gerhard
I'll say it again: neither 'zfs send' or (s)tar is an enterprise (or even home) backup system on their own one or both can be components of the full solution. Up to a point. zfs send | zfs receive does make a very good back up scheme for the home user with a moderate amount of

Re: [zfs-discuss] Validating alignment of NTFS/VMDK/ZFS blocks

2010-03-20 Thread Chris Murray
in the following link: http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/59-Aligning-Windows-Partitions-Without-Losing-Data.html With any luck I'll then see a smaller dedup table, and better performance! Thanks to those for feedback, Chris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] Rethinking my zpool

2010-03-19 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
available as a hot spare. Would it be available for either pool if I went with two? Finally, would I be better off with raidz2 or something else instead of the striped mirrored sets? Performance and fault tolerance are my highest priorities. Thank you, Chris Dunbar

Re: [zfs-discuss] Validating alignment of NTFS/VMDK/ZFS blocks

2010-03-18 Thread Chris Murray
Please excuse my pitiful example. :-) I meant to say *less* overlap between virtual machines, as clearly block AABB occurs in both. -Original Message- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Chris Murray Sent: 18 March 2010 18

[zfs-discuss] lazy zfs destroy

2010-03-17 Thread Chris Paul
OK I have a very large zfs snapshot I want to destroy. When I do this, the system nearly freezes during the zfs destroy. This is a Sun Fire X4600 with 128GB of memory. Now this may be more of a function of the IO device, but let's say I don't care that this zfs destroy finishes quickly. I

[zfs-discuss] zpool iostat / how to tell if your iop bound

2010-03-10 Thread Chris Banal
, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] . . formatted using older on-disk format . .

2010-03-10 Thread Chris Ridd
after I do a 'beadm destroy oldBE' I'd also add that for disaster recovery purposes you should also have a live CD handy which supports your new zpool version. Cheers, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

[zfs-discuss] Hardware Failure Best Practices

2010-03-08 Thread Chris Dunbar
at the same time we built the server) and plan to replace that tonight. Does that seem like the correct course of action? Are there any steps I can take beforehand to zero in on the problem? Any words of encouragement or wisdom? Regards, Chris Dunbar Earthside, LLC

[zfs-discuss] full backup == scrub?

2010-03-08 Thread Chris Banal
Assuming no snapshots. Do full backups (ie. tar or cpio) eliminate the need for a scrub? Thanks, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-25 Thread Chris Ridd
... I am glad to be able to contribute positively and constructively to this discussion. Metoo ;-) ... Sean. I'll get my coat. Cheers, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_133 - high cpu

2010-02-23 Thread Chris Ridd
load? I also noticed some messages about acpi..can this acpi also affect the performance of the system? To see what interrupts are being shared: # echo ::interrupts -d | mdb -k Running intrstat might also be interesting. Cheers, Chris ___ zfs

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