Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Failing Drive procedure (mirrored pairs) - did I mess this up?

2008-09-08 Thread Richard Elling
Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > --On 08 September 2008 07:30 -0700 Richard Elling > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This seems like a reasonable process to follow, I would have done >> much the same. > >> [caveat: I've not examined the FreeBSD ZFS port, the following >> presumes the FreeBSD port is simi

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Failing Drive procedure (mirrored pairs) - did I mess this up?

2008-09-08 Thread Karl Pielorz
--On 08 September 2008 07:30 -0700 Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems like a reasonable process to follow, I would have done > much the same. > [caveat: I've not examined the FreeBSD ZFS port, the following > presumes the FreeBSD port is similar to the Solaris port] > ZFS d

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Failing Drive procedure (mirrored pairs) - did I mess this up?

2008-09-08 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Miles Nordin wrote: > > no, I think ZFS should be fixed. > > 1. the procedure you used is how hot spares are used, so anyone who > says it's wrong for any reason is using hindsight bias. > > 2. Being able to pull data off a failing-but-not-fully-gone drive is > something a g

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Failing Drive procedure (mirrored pairs) - did I mess this up?

2008-09-08 Thread Miles Nordin
> "kp" == Karl Pielorz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: kp> Thinking about it - perhaps I should have detached ad4 (the kp> failing drive) before attaching another device? no, I think ZFS should be fixed. 1. the procedure you used is how hot spares are used, so anyone who says it's wro

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Failing Drive procedure (mirrored pairs) - did I mess this up?

2008-09-08 Thread Richard Elling
Karl Pielorz wrote: > Hi All, > > I run ZFS (a version 6 pool) under FreeBSD. Whilst I realise this changes a > *whole heap* of things - I'm more interested in if I did 'anything wrong' > when I had a recent drive failure... > > On of a mirrored pair of drives on the system started failing, badly

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Failing Drive procedure (mirrored pairs) - did I mess this up?

2008-09-08 Thread Karl Pielorz
Hi All, I run ZFS (a version 6 pool) under FreeBSD. Whilst I realise this changes a *whole heap* of things - I'm more interested in if I did 'anything wrong' when I had a recent drive failure... On of a mirrored pair of drives on the system started failing, badly (confirmed by 'hard' read & w