Re: [zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-21 Thread Sam
[i]It only scrubs the "used space" so it largely depends on how much data you have stored in the pool. Watch it with snapshots. I believe there is still a bug that restarts (or kills) scrubbing operations in case a new snapshot is taken. If you have automatic snapshots, that's something to keep an

Re: [zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-21 Thread Richard Elling
Sam wrote: > Thanks all, I guess I'll setup a process to start scrubbing at 1am once or > twice a month. Any estimates on how much time it takes to scrub 10x500GB > drives (3.7TB effective)? > The time to scrub is largely dependent on how much data you have, not the size of the disks. There

Re: [zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-21 Thread Sam
Thanks all, I guess I'll setup a process to start scrubbing at 1am once or twice a month. Any estimates on how much time it takes to scrub 10x500GB drives (3.7TB effective)? Sam This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-21 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Sam, You might review the ZFS best practice site for maintenance recommendations, here: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide Cindy Sam wrote: > I have a 10x500 disc file server with ZFS+, do I need to perform any sort of > periodic maintenance to the files

Re: [zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-20 Thread Adam Leventhal
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:41:35AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote: > Sam wrote: > > I have a 10x500 disc file server with ZFS+, do I need to perform any sort > > of periodic maintenance to the filesystem to keep it in tip top shape? > > > No, but if there are problems, a periodic scrub will tip you off

Re: [zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-20 Thread Ian Collins
Sam wrote: > I have a 10x500 disc file server with ZFS+, do I need to perform any sort of > periodic maintenance to the filesystem to keep it in tip top shape? > > No, but if there are problems, a periodic scrub will tip you off sooner rather than later. Ian __

[zfs-discuss] Periodic ZFS maintenance?

2008-04-20 Thread Sam
I have a 10x500 disc file server with ZFS+, do I need to perform any sort of periodic maintenance to the filesystem to keep it in tip top shape? Sam This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org ht