Re: Speed improvements in ZFS

When I watch the activity leds of the disks on one of our ZFS servers, I notice there will be a burst of activity for 3 or 4 seconds, then no activity for a couple of seconds, then it repeats. Is that normal? Thanks, joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650

Re: zpool import: "The pool cannot be imported due to damaged devices or data" but zpool status -x: "all pools are healthy" and zpool destroy: "no such pool"

ng ok’ because all the existing pools are ok. zpool destroy can’t destroy the pool becuase it has not been imported. I simply created a new pool specifying the drive address of the disk - zfs happily overwrote the old incomplete pool info. joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207

When is 'zpool offline' required?

dedicated mailing list for ZFS user questions? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax > On Jan 12, 2021, at 10:35 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > Hi! > >> How should I label and prepare the drives for ZFS?

Re: gib driver problems?

evice = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax > On Feb 3, 2021, at 11:36 PM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > >> PCIID? I’m not

Re: gib driver problems?

Thanks! Joe > On Feb 3, 2021, at 11:37 PM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > >  >> >> PCIID? I’m not sure how to get that information. Will the bootup info help? >> Here’s a picture. > > You want the output from "pciconf -lv". Example from a system here: > > igb0@pci0:2:0:0:class=0x02

Re: gib driver problems?

... Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax > On Feb 3, 2021, at 7:37 PM, Matthew Macy wrote: > > What is the PCIID for the MAC? > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 14:35 joe mcguckin <mailto:j...@via.net>

gib/em driver problems?

plugging both the igb and em cards into 2 different switches with the same result. Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https

gib driver problems?

I recently installed 12.2 on a supermicro motherboard. Connected to a 100M port on a Cisco switch, everything works ok Connecting to a 1000BTX port, ifconfig says “Active, 1000B full duplex” but no traffic passes. Are there known problems with the igb driver? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin

Re: How to setup ZFS mirrored boot device

I did a scrub, it finished within 30 seconds. But the error was that it could not find the boot device it was looking for. I’ve seen this before: If you create a boot device in slot 0 (gets named da0) then move that drive to a different slot, FreeBSD will fail in the same manner. Joe McGuckin

How to setup ZFS mirrored boot device

until it wants to mount the root partition, can’t find it, dumps me into a menual drive selection prompt. Hmm, I thought the point of a mirror was that *either* drive could fail. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213

12.2 installer crash

apic id: 0c fault virtual address: 0x0 fault code: sup read data. page not present (I can send a screenshot of the rest of the error data) Any ideas? Do I need to build a special kernel when using this much DRAM? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell

Re: Preparing ZFS drives

Freddie, Thanks! I have to say that this is the most cogent explanation on how to prepare ZFS drives that anyone has ever given me. Thanks again! Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications j...@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax > On Jan 12, 2021, at 10:32

Preparing ZFS drives

Folks, I want to buy some 16TB drives and raid them up How should I label and prepare the drives for ZFS? Someone ought to write a ‘cookbook’ on that! Do I need to start the volume on a particular sector boundary? Are the 4096 byte sector drives usable? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet

Can't build PERL under 8.1 Release

I just installed 8.1 Release. Trying to build Perl, it dies at: Running Makefile.PL in ext/DynaLoader ../../miniperl -I../../lib Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=perl INSTALLMAN1DIR=none INSTALLMAN3DIR=none PERL_CORE=1 LIBPERL_A=libperl.so LINKTYPE=static Writing Makefile for DynaLoader Makefile out-of-da

Re[2]: Journaling Filesystem ?

The big win with a journaling FS is when you have to reboot the system. With Softupdates, you still have to fsck. On a large FS (say half a terabyte) that can take hours. With a JFS, you simply play the log forward and continue. -joe -- Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications 994 San Antonio

Re[2]: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy.

nd Unix. > > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) > > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). > > +------- > > > > >

SOFTUPDATES code in 3.0-RELEASE

Is this code included, or must it be patched in? Is softupdates enabled by default or do I have to use a special mount flag? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications 1235 Pear Ave, Suite 107 Mountain View, CA 90403 Phone: 650-969-2203 Cell: 415-710-4894 Fax: 650-969-2124 To