[zfs-discuss] trouble replacing spare disk

2011-04-05 Thread Mahabir, Mark I.
Hi, I have a SunFire X4540 with 19TB in a RAID-Z configuration; here's my zpool status: pool: raid state: UNAVAIL status: One or more devices are faulted in response to IO failures. action: Make sure the affected devices are connected, then run 'zpool clear'. see: http://www.sun.com/msg/Z

Re: [zfs-discuss] trouble replacing spare disk

2011-04-05 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
Sorry, but what exactly were you thinking of when putting 40+ drives in a single RAIDz1 VDEV? roy - Original Message - Hi, I have a SunFire X4540 with 19TB in a RAID-Z configuration; here's my zpool status: pool: raid state: UNAVAIL status: One or more devices are faulte

Re: [zfs-discuss] trouble replacing spare disk

2011-04-05 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
Hi I was a little short earlier today, but then... First of all, using 40+ drives in a single VDEV on RAIDz1 is a little like BASE jumping with an old, round, parachute without a reserve, under nasty weather conditions; not what I'd recommend. What you see below is 2 spares in use plus a spa