Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-20 Thread Erik Trimble
All this reminds me: There was some talk awhile ago about allowing multiple pools per ZIL or L2ARC device. Any progress on that front? [yadda, yadda, no forward-looking statements allowed, yadda yadda.] -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-317 Phone: x67195 Santa Clara, CA Ti

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Bob Friesenhahn > > Ignore Edward Ned Harvey's response because he answered the wrong > question. Indeed. Although, now that I go back and actually read the question correctly, I wonder why n

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
- Original Message - Based on the answers I received, I will stick to an SSD device fully dedicated to each pool. This means I will have four SSDs and four pools. This seems acceptable to me as it keeps things simpler and if one SSD (L2ARC) fails, the others are still working correctl

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Gil Vidals
Based on the answers I received, I will stick to an SSD device fully dedicated to each pool. This means I will have four SSDs and four pools. This seems acceptable to me as it keeps things simpler and if one SSD (L2ARC) fails, the others are still working correctly. Thank you. Gil Vidals On Tue

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Eff Norwood
We tried this in our environment and found that it didn't work out. The more partitions we used, the slower it went. We decided just to use the entire SSD as a read cache and it worked fine. Still has the TRIM issue of course until the next version. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Gil Vidals wrote: What would the performance impact be of splitting up a 64 GB SSD into four partitions of 16 GB each versus having the entire SSD dedicated to each pool? Ignore Edward Ned Harvey's response because he answered the wrong question. For a L2ARC device, th

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Gil Vidals > > What would the performance impact be of splitting up a 64 GB SSD into > four partitions of 16 GB each versus having the entire SSD dedicated to > each pool? This is a common que

[zfs-discuss] SSD partitioned into multiple L2ARC read cache

2010-10-19 Thread Gil Vidals
What would the performance impact be of splitting up a 64 GB SSD into four partitions of 16 GB each versus having the entire SSD dedicated to each pool? Scenario A: 2 TB Mirror w/ 16 GB read cache partition 2 TB Mirror w/ 16 GB read cache partition 2 TB Mirror w/ 16 GB read cache partition 2 TB Mi