Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-27 Thread Ricardo Correia
Hi Tor, Tor wrote: > Dang, I think I'm dead as far as Solaris goes. I checked the HCL and the Java > compatibility check, and none of the two controllers I would need to use, one > PCI IDE and one S-ATA on the KT-4 motherboard, will work with OpenSolaris. > Annoying as heck, but it looks like I

[zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-26 Thread Tor
Dang, I think I'm dead as far as Solaris goes. I checked the HCL and the Java compatibility check, and none of the two controllers I would need to use, one PCI IDE and one S-ATA on the KT-4 motherboard, will work with OpenSolaris. Annoying as heck, but it looks like I'm gonna have to stick with

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Nicholas Lee
On 2/25/07, Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Interesting, 'cat /etc/driver_aliases | grep 373' shows nothing! Have you tried the hardware detection tool on this system? http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.html [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/driver_aliases | grep 373 nge

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Nicholas Lee
Note also I have the BIOS set to AHCI mode for the SATA controllers, not IDE. Nicholas ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Nicholas Lee
Attached. Had to install xserver-xorg-core, but thanks to apt it was relatively easy. Bit of interest is probably: pci bus 0x cardnum 0x0d function 0x00: vendor 0x10de device 0x037f nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller CardVendor 0x3458 card 0xb002 (Card unknown) STATUS0x00b0 COMM

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Nicholas Lee
On 2/25/07, Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is the Gigabyte SATA2 controller recognised by Solaris? Nexenta v6 seems to work. Based on the Nforce 55 chipset I believe. I assume Opensolaris will work since it is based on that. I couldn't tell you if NCQ works, as Solaris is pretty new

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Ian Collins
Nicholas Lee wrote: > I just build a system with Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 and 6 SATA2 drives. > One system Seagate ES 250Gb disk, 5 Seagate ES 500Gb disks. 2.2Tb with > raidz. Seems to work well with Nexenta. I could have put 5 ES 750Gb > drives instead and had another TB. All in a midi-tower with a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Nicholas Lee
I just build a system with Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 and 6 SATA2 drives. One system Seagate ES 250Gb disk, 5 Seagate ES 500Gb disks. 2.2Tb with raidz. Seems to work well with Nexenta. I could have put 5 ES 750Gb drives instead and had another TB. All in a midi-tower with an Athlon 3800+. This mother

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Ian Collins
Eric Enright wrote: > > > Quick answer though is to download CD1 of the latest release, boot to > a shell, and take a look. > Or try http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.html Ian ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org ht

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Eric Enright
On 2/24/07, Tor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the quick answer! That's exactly what I suspected. Btw I'm looking around for hardware demands on this system, and I have problems finding anything. I was thinking about using an AMD XP2600 on a VIA KT-4 mobo wich has a few S-ATA ports, thr

[zfs-discuss] Re: Are media files compressable with ZFS?

2007-02-24 Thread Tor
Thanks for the quick answer! That's exactly what I suspected. Btw I'm looking around for hardware demands on this system, and I have problems finding anything. I was thinking about using an AMD XP2600 on a VIA KT-4 mobo wich has a few S-ATA ports, three IDE connections and an extra IDE card. Har