Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs Performance with millions of small files in Sendmail messaging environment]

2006-10-15 Thread Ramneek Sethi
Thanks for your feedback.. any comments on VxFS.. Also is there any limit of files within filesystem or within directory for optimal performance.. Thanks Robert Milkowski wrote On 10/14/06 04:19,: > Hello Ramneek, > > Friday, October 13, 2006, 6:07:22 PM, you wrote: > > RS> Hello Experts > > R

Re: [zfs-discuss] Self-tuning recordsize

2006-10-15 Thread Neil Perrin
Torrey McMahon wrote On 10/15/06 22:13,: Matthew Ahrens wrote: Jeremy Teo wrote: Would it be worthwhile to implement heuristics to auto-tune 'recordsize', or would that not be worth the effort? It would be really great to automatically select the proper recordsize for each file! How do

Re: [zfs-discuss] Self-tuning recordsize

2006-10-15 Thread Torrey McMahon
Matthew Ahrens wrote: Jeremy Teo wrote: Would it be worthwhile to implement heuristics to auto-tune 'recordsize', or would that not be worth the effort? It would be really great to automatically select the proper recordsize for each file! How do you suggest doing so? Maybe I've been think

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs and zones

2006-10-15 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Mike Gerdts wrote: On 10/13/06, Matthew Ahrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Using ZFS for a zones root is currently planned to be supported in solaris 10 update 5, but we are working on moving it up to update 4. Are there any areas where the community can help with this? Would code or "me too!"

Re: [zfs-discuss] Self-tuning recordsize

2006-10-15 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Jeremy Teo wrote: Would it be worthwhile to implement heuristics to auto-tune 'recordsize', or would that not be worth the effort? Here is one relatively straightforward way you could implement this. You can't (currently) change the recordsize once there are multiple blocks in the file. This

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changing number of disks in a RAID-Z?

2006-10-15 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Frank Cusack wrote: Someone said being able to add devices to a raidz vdev is on the todo list. Don't hold your breath. This isn't being worked on, or on anyone's todo list at this point, and implementing it would be pretty nontrivial. --matt ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changing number of disks in a RAID-Z?

2006-10-15 Thread Frank Cusack
On October 14, 2006 11:58:16 PM -0400 Rince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Recently, I was in a position where I was aiding someone in configuring five disks in RAID-Z1, and we were discussing whether or not it would be possible to add (not replace) disks to the pool without destroying and recreating

Re: [zfs-discuss] Where is the ZFS configuration data stored?

2006-10-15 Thread Dick Davies
On 14/10/06, Darren Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the warnings I've heard no longer apply? > If so, that's great. Thanks for all replies. Umm, which warnings? The "don't import a pool on two hosts at once" definitely still applies. Sure :) I meant the reason I'd heard ( at http://s