Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Brandon High
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Silly me. It is still Monday, and I am coffee challenged. RAIDoptimizer > is still an internal tool. However, for those who are interested in the > results > of a RAIDoptimizer run for 48 disks, see: > http://blogs.sun.c

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sidebar to ZFS Availability discussion

2008-09-02 Thread Miles Nordin
> "bs" == Bill Sommerfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bs> In an ip network, end nodes generally know no more than the bs> pipe size of the first hop -- and in some cases (such as true bs> CSMA networks like classical ethernet or wireless) only have bs> an upper bound on the pip

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sidebar to ZFS Availability discussion

2008-09-02 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 15:03 -0400, Miles Nordin wrote: > It's sort of like network QoS, but not quite, because: > > (a) you don't know exactly how big the ``pipe'' is, only > approximately, In an ip network, end nodes generally know no more than the pipe size of the first hop -- and in

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sidebar to ZFS Availability discussion

2008-09-02 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 12:00 -0700, Richard Elling wrote: > 2. The algorithm *must* be computationally efficient. >We are looking down the tunnel at I/O systems that can >deliver on the order of 5 Million iops. We really won't >have many (any?) spare cycles to play with.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Formatting Problem of ZFS Adm Guide (pdf)

2008-09-02 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> ZFS Administration Guide (in PDF format) does not > look very professional (at least on > Evince/OS2008.05). Please see attached screenshot. I have cleaned up the original pdf file. Please see: http://tinyurl.com/zfs-pdf The invisible parts (original) are now visible (corrected). It is not

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Elling
Richard Elling wrote: > Barton Fisk wrote: > >> Hi, >> Forgive my ignorance of ZFS, but I have a customer that would like to set up >> three 14+2 raidz2 groups on a new thor with 48 1TB drives (updated thumper) >> so that 42TB for data could be achieved. What performance or other technical >>

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Elling
Barton Fisk wrote: > Hi, > Forgive my ignorance of ZFS, but I have a customer that would like to set up > three 14+2 raidz2 groups on a new thor with 48 1TB drives (updated thumper) > so that 42TB for data could be achieved. What performance or other technical > issues with a stripe 14 disks wid

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Ian Collins
Barton Fisk wrote: > Sorry I omitted that CF will be the boot device. Thanks again. > What are you using for redundancy of the boot device? Ian ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Barton Fisk
Sorry I omitted that CF will be the boot device. Thanks again. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Will Murnane
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 15:39, Barton Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Forgive my ignorance of ZFS, but I have a customer that would like to set up > three 14+2 raidz2 groups on a new thor with 48 1TB drives (updated thumper) > so that 42TB for data could be achieved. What performance or ot

[zfs-discuss] raidz2 group size

2008-09-02 Thread Barton Fisk
Hi, Forgive my ignorance of ZFS, but I have a customer that would like to set up three 14+2 raidz2 groups on a new thor with 48 1TB drives (updated thumper) so that 42TB for data could be achieved. What performance or other technical issues with a stripe 14 disks wide would he likely see? He doe

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Kenny wrote: > > I used your script (thanks) but I fail to see which controller > controls which disk... Your white paper shows six luns with the > active state first and then six with the active state second, > however mine all show active state first. > > Yes, I've verified

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Will Murnane
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:44, Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The fiber channel ... offers a bit more bandwidth than SAS. The bandwidth part of this statement is not accurate. SAS uses wide ports composed of (usually, other widths are possible) four 3 gbit links. Each of these has a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Kenny
Bob, I used your script (thanks) but I fail to see which controller controls which disk... Your white paper shows six luns with the active state first and then six with the active state second, however mine all show active state first. Yes, I've verified that both controllers are up and CAM see

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Mertol Ozyoney wrote: > That's exactly what I said in a private email. J4200 or J4400 can offer > better price/performance. However the price difference is not as much as you > think. Besides 2540 have a few function that can not be found on J series , > like SAN connectivity,

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE: allow zfs to interpret '.' as da datatset?

2008-09-02 Thread Mark J Musante
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Gavin Maltby wrote: > I'd like to be able to utter cmdlines such as > > $ zfs set readonly=on . > $ zfs snapshot [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with '.' interpreted to mean the dataset corresponding to the current > working directory. Sounds like it would be a useful RFE. > This woul

[zfs-discuss] virtualbox & opensolaris b95 - zfs issue

2008-09-02 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello zfs-discuss, I installed Open Solaris 2008.05 on my notebook then I upgraded it to b95 (following required procedure). Everything worked fine. So now I booted into Windows, installed virtual box and wanted it to boot OS from physical partition. So I crea

Re: [zfs-discuss] Availability: ZFS needs to handle disk removal / driver failure better

2008-09-02 Thread Ross Smith
Thinking about it, we could make use of this too. The ability to add a remote iSCSI mirror to any pool without sacrificing local performance could be a huge benefit. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: Availabilit

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Mertol Ozyoney
That's exactly what I said in a private email. J4200 or J4400 can offer better price/performance. However the price difference is not as much as you think. Besides 2540 have a few function that can not be found on J series , like SAN connectivity, internal redundant raid controllers [redundancy is