Re: [zfs-discuss] sub-optimal ZFS performance

2009-10-28 Thread Henrik Johansson
On Oct 16, 2009, at 1:01 AM, Henrik Johansson wrote: My guess would be that this is due to fragmentation during some time when the filesystem might have been close to full, but it is still pretty terrible numbers even with 0.5M files in the structure. And while this is very bad I would a

Re: [zfs-discuss] FW: File level cloning

2009-10-28 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Jeffry Molanus wrote: I'm not doing anything yet; I just wondered if ZFS provides any methods to do file level cloning instead of complete file systems. Basically I want a zero-size-increase copy of a file. A while ago BTRFS developers added this feature to the fs by doing a

[zfs-discuss] FW: File level cloning

2009-10-28 Thread Jeffry Molanus
I'm not doing anything yet; I just wondered if ZFS provides any methods to do file level cloning instead of complete file systems. Basically I want a zero-size-increase copy of a file. A while ago BTRFS developers added this feature to the fs by doing a specialized ioctl call. Maybe this isn't need

[zfs-discuss] Everything is OK!

2009-10-28 Thread Orvar Korvar
TO CONCLUDE: Ok, it seems that I have misjudged the speed of zfs send, and I remember wrongly. This is because of the large amounts of data I transfered, and it felt like it took forever. But now I clocked and 239GB is transfered in about one hour (from 5 disc raidz1 onto a single disc), giving

[zfs-discuss] virus scan?

2009-10-28 Thread Richard Elling
Does anyone use the ZFS virus scan feature? If so, do you have an opinion you can share? -- richard ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool getting in a stuck state?

2009-10-28 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Oct 26, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Hi Jeremy, Can you use the command below and send me the output, please? Thanks, Cindy # mdb -k > ::stacks -m zfs Ok, it did it again. I replaced the drive and it's currently resilvering (13.66% done, 135h33m to go it says) and the o

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Erast
Eric D. Mudama wrote: On Wed, Oct 28 at 13:40, "C. Bergström" wrote: Tim Cook wrote: PS: Not having enough engineers to support a growing and paying customer base is a *good* problem to have. The opposite is much, much worse. So use Nexenta? Got data you care about? Verify

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, David Magda wrote: Perhaps as Intel and AMD build processors more suited to embedded / light-weight systems, Solaris and ZFS may be used in more situations. There's also FreeBSD, which also has ZFS and has been scaling up its support for embedded platforms (MIPS, ARM, PowerP

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Darren J Moffat
David Magda wrote: On Wed, October 28, 2009 11:24, Frank Middleton wrote: However, you are certainly correct that Sun's business model isn't aimed at retail, although one wonders about the size of the market for robust SOHO/Home file/media servers that no one seems to be addressing right now (w

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:27:50PM -0400, David Magda wrote: > The "problem" is that many of these units use 'embedded' processors, and > (Open)Solaris does not readily run on many of them (e.g., PowerPC- and > ARM-based SoCs). Though AFAIK, ReadyNAS actually runs (ran?) on SPARC > (Leon), but use

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Erast
C. Bergström wrote: Eugen Leitl wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 01:40:12PM +0800, "C. Bergström" wrote: So use Nexenta? Got data you care about? Verify extensively before you jump to that ship.. :) So you're saying Nexenta have been known to drop bits on the floor, unprovoke

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread David Magda
On Wed, October 28, 2009 11:24, Frank Middleton wrote: > However, you are certainly correct that Sun's business model isn't > aimed at retail, although one wonders about the size of the market > for robust SOHO/Home file/media servers that no one seems to be > addressing right now (well, Apple, ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss gone from web?

2009-10-28 Thread David Magda
On Wed, October 28, 2009 11:18, Tim Cook wrote: > Either they don't like you, or you don't read your emails :) > > It's now hub.opensolaris.org for the main page. > > The forums can be found at: > http://opensolaris.org/jive/index.jspa?categoryID=1 > > Although they appear to be having technical di

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool getting in a stuck state?

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Meilicke
Hi Jeremy, I had a loosely similar problem with my 2009.06 box. In my case (which may not be yours), working with support we found a bug that was causing my pool to hang. I also got erroneous errors when I did a scrub ( 3 x 5 disk raidz). I am using the same LSI controller. A sure fire way to k

Re: [zfs-discuss] File level cloning

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Meilicke
I don't think so. But, you can clone at the ZFS level, and then just use the vmdk(s) that you need. As long as you don't muck about with the other stuff in the clone, the space usage should be the same. -Scott -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] Liveupgrade'd to U8 and now can't boot previous U6 BE :(

2009-10-28 Thread dick hoogendijk
Ben Middleton wrote: I'm just looking for a clean way to remove the old BE, and then remove the old snapshot without interfering with Live Upgrade from working in the future. Remove the right line from /etc/lutab Remove the ICF. and INODE. where is the same as the line in /etc/lutab from t

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Frank Middleton
On 10/28/09 10:18 AM, Tim Cook wrote: If Nexenta was too expensive, there's nothing Sun will ever offer that will fit your price profile. "Home electronics" is not their business model and never will be. True, but this was discussed that on a different thread some time ago. Sun's prices on X86

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Eric D. Mudama wrote: Yes, this may not make business sense for Sun-as-structured, but someone will figure out how to scratch that itch because it's real for a LOT of small businesses. They want that low cost entry into a business-grade NAS without having to build it themse

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss gone from web?

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Cook
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Kyle McDonald wrote: > Jacob Ritorto wrote: > >> >>With the web redesign, how does one get to zfs-discuss via the >> opensolaris.org website? >> >>Sorry for the ot question, but I'm becoming desperate after clicking >> circular links for the better part of

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss gone from web?

2009-10-28 Thread Kyle McDonald
Jacob Ritorto wrote: With the web redesign, how does one get to zfs-discuss via the opensolaris.org website? Sorry for the ot question, but I'm becoming desperate after clicking circular links for the better part of the last hour :( You can get the web pages to load? All I get are

[zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss gone from web?

2009-10-28 Thread Jacob Ritorto
With the web redesign, how does one get to zfs-discuss via the opensolaris.org website? Sorry for the ot question, but I'm becoming desperate after clicking circular links for the better part of the last hour :( ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-di

Re: [zfs-discuss] Moving an dataset zpool from a local zone to the global zone

2009-10-28 Thread Peter
that did the trick thanks ! -- 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] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Cook
2009/10/28 Eric D. Mudama > On Wed, Oct 28 at 13:40, "C. Bergström" wrote: > >> Tim Cook wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> PS: Not having enough engineers to support a growing and paying >>> customer base is a *good* problem to have. The opposite is much, much >>> worse. >>> >>> >>> >>> So use Nexenta

[zfs-discuss] File level cloning

2009-10-28 Thread Jeffry Molanus
Hi all, Does zfs/solaris provide a easy way to clone at file level? I.e clone a large vmdk? Regards, jeff ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Eric D. Mudama
On Wed, Oct 28 at 13:40, "C. Bergström" wrote: Tim Cook wrote: PS: Not having enough engineers to support a growing and paying customer base is a *good* problem to have. The opposite is much, much worse. So use Nexenta? Got data you care about? Verify extensively before you jump

Re: [zfs-discuss] Liveupgrade'd to U8 and now can't boot previous U6 BE :(

2009-10-28 Thread Jens Elkner
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 01:55:57AM -0700, Ben Middleton wrote: Hi, > $ ludelete 10_05-09 > > System has findroot enabled GRUB > Checking if last BE on any disk... > ERROR: cannot mount '/.alt.10_05-09/var': directory is not empty > ERROR: cannot mount mount point device > > ERROR: failed to

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread C. Bergström
Eugen Leitl wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 01:40:12PM +0800, "C. Bergström" wrote: So use Nexenta? Got data you care about? Verify extensively before you jump to that ship.. :) So you're saying Nexenta have been known to drop bits on the floor, unprovoked? Inquiring minds...

Re: [zfs-discuss] Liveupgrade'd to U8 and now can't boot previous U6 BE :(

2009-10-28 Thread Ben Middleton
> + dev=`echo $dev | sed 's/mirror.*/mirror/'` Thanks for the suggestion Kurt. However, I'm not running a mirror on that pool - so am guessing this won't help in my case. I'll try and pick my way through the lulib script if I get any time. Ben -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-28 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 01:40:12PM +0800, "C. Bergström" wrote: > >So use Nexenta? > Got data you care about? > > Verify extensively before you jump to that ship.. :) So you're saying Nexenta have been known to drop bits on the floor, unprovoked? Inquiring minds... -- Eugen* Leitl http://leitl

Re: [zfs-discuss] Moving an dataset zpool from a local zone to the global zone

2009-10-28 Thread Miroslaw Luc
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Peter wrote: > I can remove the dataset from the zone config and remove the > zpool from the zone. But I am having trouble getting the zpool > to mount again on the global zone. It imports and exports fine > but will not let me change the mount point stating that it is > part

Re: [zfs-discuss] Liveupgrade'd to U8 and now can't boot previous U6 BE :(

2009-10-28 Thread Kurt Schreiner
Hi, On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 01:55:57AM -0700, Ben Middleton wrote: > > As a related issue to this (specifically CR 6884728) - any ideas how > I should go about removing the old BE? I haven'd tried this on U8, but maybe the following hack I did on sxce_125 to be able to go back to older BEs will

Re: [zfs-discuss] Liveupgrade'd to U8 and now can't boot previous U6 BE :(

2009-10-28 Thread Ben Middleton
Hi, As a related issue to this (specifically CR 6884728) - any ideas how I should go about removing the old BE? When I attempt to run ludelete I get the following: $ lustatus Boot Environment Is Active ActiveCanCopy Name Complete NowOn Reb