Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-08 Thread Tim Cook
> > http://www.itovernight.com/store/comersus_viewItem.asp > ?idProduct=866720 > Fly by night from the looks of it. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/IToverNight $140 looks like bottom dollar from anywhere reputable (which is more in line with what I would expect). http://castle.pricew

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-08 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 03:27:33PM -0800, Scott Laird wrote: > > > MAX3xxxRC (where xxx represents the size) and you'll be wearing a big > > > smile every time you work on a system so equipped. > > > > Hmmm, on second glace, 36G versions of that seem to be going for $40. > > Do you mean $140, or a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-07 Thread Vincent Fox
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Brian Hechinger wrote: > [1] Finally, someone built a flash SSD that rocks > (and they know how > fast it is judging by the pricetag): > http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/21/mtron_ssd_32_gb > / > http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3167 Great now if only Sun w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-07 Thread Anton B. Rang
> 10K RPM SCSI disks will get (best case) 350 to 400 IOPS. Remember, > the main issue with legacy SCSI is that (SCSI) commands are sent > 8-bits wide at 5Mbits/Sec - for backwards compatibility. This is true for really old SCSI configurations, but if you're buying a modern disk and controller

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-06 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:12:18PM -0600, Al Hopper wrote: > > I don't think you'll see any worthwhile improvement. For a ZIL > device, you really need something like a (small) SAS 15k RPM 3.5" > drive - which will sustain 700 to 900 IOPS (my number - open to > argument) - or a RAM disk or one

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-06 Thread Scott Laird
On 12/6/07, Brian Hechinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:12:18PM -0600, Al Hopper wrote: > > > > PS: LsiLogic just updated their SAS HBAs and have a couple of products > > very reasonably priced IMHO. Combine that with a (single ?) Fujitsu > > MAX3xxxRC (where xxx repres

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-06 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:12:18PM -0600, Al Hopper wrote: > > PS: LsiLogic just updated their SAS HBAs and have a couple of products > very reasonably priced IMHO. Combine that with a (single ?) Fujitsu > MAX3xxxRC (where xxx represents the size) and you'll be wearing a big > smile every time

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-05 Thread Al Hopper
On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Brian Hechinger wrote: > I will be putting 4 500GB SATA disks in my Ultra80. I currently have > two 10K rpm 73G SCSI disks in it with 10G for the OS (UFS) and the > remaining space for a ZFS pool (the two remaining partitions are setup > in a mirror). > > Would it be worth my

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-05 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Brian, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 9:15:10 PM, you wrote: BH> I will be putting 4 500GB SATA disks in my Ultra80. I currently have BH> two 10K rpm 73G SCSI disks in it with 10G for the OS (UFS) and the BH> remaining space for a ZFS pool (the two remaining partitions are setup BH> in a mir

[zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-05 Thread Brian Hechinger
I will be putting 4 500GB SATA disks in my Ultra80. I currently have two 10K rpm 73G SCSI disks in it with 10G for the OS (UFS) and the remaining space for a ZFS pool (the two remaining partitions are setup in a mirror). Would it be worth my while to move all the data off of the zfs partitions of