[zfs-discuss] RAID Z stripes

2010-08-09 Thread Terry Hull
I am wanting to build a server with 16 - 1TB drives with 2 ­ 8 drive RAID Z2 arrays striped together. However, I would like the capability of adding additional stripes of 2TB drives in the future. Will this be a problem? I thought I read it is best to keep the stripes the same width and was pl

[zfs-discuss] RAID Z stripes

2010-08-09 Thread Terry Hull
I am wanting to build a server with 16 - 1TB drives with 2 ­ 8 drive RAID Z2 arrays striped together. However, I would like the capability of adding additional stripes of 2TB drives in the future. Will this be a problem? I thought I read it is best to keep the stripes the same width and was pl

[zfs-discuss] General storage handling question

2010-08-09 Thread Saxon, Will
Hello, I don't have any experience with ZFS when the disks are in external cabinets. I have a few questions: 1. If I have a lot of spindles in an external cabinet, I'll have several disks sharing channels (between 3 and 6 depending on chassis). I know this is generally unfavorable, but if the

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-09 Thread Geoff Nordli
>From: Edward Ned Harvey [mailto:sh...@nedharvey.com] >Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:25 AM > >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli >> > >> >I have an R710... Not quite the same, but similar. >> > >> Thanks Edward. >> >> What did you end up using for the L2ARC? The SSDs shown

Re: [zfs-discuss] Directory tree renaming -- disk usage

2010-08-09 Thread Tomas Ögren
On 09 August, 2010 - David Dyer-Bennet sent me these 1,2K bytes: > If I have a directory with a bazillion files in it (or, let's say, a > directory subtree full of raw camera images, about 15MB each, totalling > say 50GB) on a ZFS filesystem, and take daily snapshots of it (without > altering it),

Re: [zfs-discuss] Directory tree renaming -- disk usage

2010-08-09 Thread Casper . Dik
>If I have a directory with a bazillion files in it (or, let's say, a >directory subtree full of raw camera images, about 15MB each, totalling >say 50GB) on a ZFS filesystem, and take daily snapshots of it (without >altering it), the snapshots use almost no extra space, I know. > >If I now rename

[zfs-discuss] Directory tree renaming -- disk usage

2010-08-09 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
If I have a directory with a bazillion files in it (or, let's say, a directory subtree full of raw camera images, about 15MB each, totalling say 50GB) on a ZFS filesystem, and take daily snapshots of it (without altering it), the snapshots use almost no extra space, I know. If I now rename that di

[zfs-discuss] ZFS with EMC PowerPath

2010-08-09 Thread Brian Kolaci
On some machines running PowerPath, there's sometimes issues after an update/upgrade of the PowerPath software. Sometimes the pseudo devices get remapped and change names. ZFS appears to handle it OK, however sometimes it then references half native device names and half the emcpower pseudo d

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best usage of SSD-disk in ZFS system

2010-08-09 Thread Christopher George
> Best performance this way, true. But it's not necessarily a solution for > everyone. I agree. Our product the DDRdrive X1, an NVRAM based SSD, is definitely not targeted towards the home end-user. By nature of our component choices, fabrication tech, and ultimately price point we are a ZIL

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS SCRUB

2010-08-09 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Mohammed Sadiq wrote: Hi Is it recommended to do scrub while the filesystem is mounted . How frequently do we have to do scrub and at what circumstances. You can scrub while the filesystems are mounted - most people do, there's no reason to unmount for for a scrub. (Scrub is pool level, not

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS SCRUB

2010-08-09 Thread Edho P Arief
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Mohammed Sadiq wrote: > Hi > > Is it recommended to do scrub while the filesystem is mounted . yes > How > frequently do we have to do scrub and at what circumstances. > some people say weekly, some other monthly, some other, like myself, whenever remember to. Us

[zfs-discuss] ZFS SCRUB

2010-08-09 Thread Mohammed Sadiq
Hi Is it recommended to do scrub while the filesystem is mounted . How frequently do we have to do scrub and at what circumstances. Please suggest. Thanks/Regards Mohammed Sadiq ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opens

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-09 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli > > > >I have an R710... Not quite the same, but similar. > > > Thanks Edward. > > What did you end up using for the L2ARC? The SSDs shown in the online > configurator are SLC b