Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-17 Thread Erik Trimble
On 6/16/2010 6:55 AM, Scott Kaelin wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Orvar Korvar > wrote: "You can't expand a normal RAID, either, anywhere I've ever seen." Is this true? Depending on the software/hardware you used this is not true. High

Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-16 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Orvar Korvar < knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com> wrote: > "You can't expand a normal RAID, either, anywhere I've ever seen." > Is this true? > > A "vdev" can be a group of discs configured as raidz1/mirror/etc. An zfs > raid consists of several vdev. You can add a ne

Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-16 Thread Scott Kaelin
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Orvar Korvar < knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com> wrote: > "You can't expand a normal RAID, either, anywhere I've ever seen." > Is this true? > > Depending on the software/hardware you used this is not true. Highend HW raid controller support capacity expansion (addin

Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-16 Thread Orvar Korvar
"You can't expand a normal RAID, either, anywhere I've ever seen." Is this true? A "vdev" can be a group of discs configured as raidz1/mirror/etc. An zfs raid consists of several vdev. You can add a new vdev whenever you want. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-15 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Tue, June 15, 2010 14:13, CarlPalmer wrote: > I have been researching different types of raids, and I happened across > raidz, and I am blown away. I have been trying to find resources to > answer some of my questions, but many of them are either over my head in > terms of details, or foreign

Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-15 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> How do I share these types of raid pools across the network. Or more > specifically, how do I access them from Windows based systems? Is > there any special trick? Most of your questions are answered here http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/download/Community+Group+zfs/docs/zfslast.pdf Vennlige h

Re: [zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-15 Thread Freddie Cash
Some of my terminology may not be 100% accurate, so apologies in advance to the pedants on this list. ;) On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:13 PM, CarlPalmer wrote: > I have been researching different types of raids, and I happened across > raidz, and I am blown away. I have been trying to find resour

[zfs-discuss] Complete Linux Noob

2010-06-15 Thread CarlPalmer
I have been researching different types of raids, and I happened across raidz, and I am blown away. I have been trying to find resources to answer some of my questions, but many of them are either over my head in terms of details, or foreign to me as I am a linux noob, and I have to admit I hav