Re: [zfs-discuss] HP ProLiant N36L

2010-11-16 Thread Krist van Besien
I can now confirm that NexentaCore runs without a hitch on the N36L -- 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 Crypto in Oracle Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-16 Thread Rthoreau
Darren J Moffat writes: > On 11/15/10 19:36, David Magda wrote: > >>> Using ZFS encryption support can be as easy as this: >>> >>> # zfs create -o encryption=on tank/darren >>> Enter passphrase for 'tank/darren': >>> Enter again: >> > > >> 2. Both CCM and GCM modes of operatio

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import is this safe to use "-f" option in this case ?

2010-11-16 Thread Jim Dunham
Tim, > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Jim Dunham wrote: > sridhar, > > > I have done the following (which is required for my case) > > > > Created a zpool (smpool) on a device/LUN from an array (IBM 6K) on host1 > > created a array level snapshot of the device using "dscli" to another > >

Re: [zfs-discuss] Faster than 1G Ether... ESX to ZFS

2010-11-16 Thread jason
I've done mpxio over multiple ip links in linux using multipathd. Works just fine. It's not part of the initiator but accomplishes the same thing. It was a linux IET target. Need to try it here with a COMSTAR target. -Original Message- From: Ross Walker Sender: zfs-discuss-boun...@op

Re: [zfs-discuss] Faster than 1G Ether... ESX to ZFS

2010-11-16 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 16, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Jim Dunham wrote: > On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Ross Walker wrote: >> On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Tim Cook wrote: >>> AFAIK, esx/i doesn't support L4 hash, so that's a non-starter. >> >> For iSCSI one just needs to have a second (third or fourth...) iSCSI session

Re: [zfs-discuss] Adding Sun Flash Accelerator F20's into a Zpool for Optimal Performance [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2010-11-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, LEES, Cooper wrote: Zfs Gods, I have been approved to buy 2 x F20 PCIe cards for my x4540 to increase our IOPs and I was wondering what would be the most benefit to gain extra IOPs (both reading and writing) on my zpool. To clarify, adding a dedicated intent log (slog)

Re: [zfs-discuss] Faster than 1G Ether... ESX to ZFS

2010-11-16 Thread Jim Dunham
On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Tim Cook wrote: >> AFAIK, esx/i doesn't support L4 hash, so that's a non-starter. > > For iSCSI one just needs to have a second (third or fourth...) iSCSI session > on a different IP to the target and run mpio/mpxio/m

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import is this safe to use "-f" option in this case ?

2010-11-16 Thread Tim Cook
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Jim Dunham wrote: > sridhar, > > > I have done the following (which is required for my case) > > > > Created a zpool (smpool) on a device/LUN from an array (IBM 6K) on host1 > > created a array level snapshot of the device using "dscli" to another > device which i

Re: [zfs-discuss] Faster than 1G Ether... ESX to ZFS

2010-11-16 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Tim Cook wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Miles Nordin wrote: > > "tc" == Tim Cook writes: > >tc> Channeling Ethernet will not make it any faster. Each >tc> individual connection will be limited to 1gbit. iSCSI with >tc> mpxio may wo

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import is this safe to use "-f" option in this case ?

2010-11-16 Thread Jim Dunham
sridhar, > I have done the following (which is required for my case) > > Created a zpool (smpool) on a device/LUN from an array (IBM 6K) on host1 > created a array level snapshot of the device using "dscli" to another device > which is successful. > Now I make the snapshot device visible to anot

[zfs-discuss] Adding Sun Flash Accelerator F20's into a Zpool for Optimal Performance [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2010-11-16 Thread LEES, Cooper
Zfs Gods, I have been approved to buy 2 x F20 PCIe cards for my x4540 to increase our IOPs and I was wondering what would be the most benefit to gain extra IOPs (both reading and writing) on my zpool. Currently I have to following storage zpool, called cesspool: pool: cesspool state: ONLINE

[zfs-discuss] Any opinions on the Brocade 825 Dual port 8Gb FC HBA?

2010-11-16 Thread Kyle McDonald
Does OpenSolaris/Solaris11 Express have a driver for it already? Anyone used one already? -Kyle ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Faster than 1G Ether... ESX to ZFS

2010-11-16 Thread Tim Cook
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Miles Nordin wrote: > > "tc" == Tim Cook writes: > >tc> Channeling Ethernet will not make it any faster. Each >tc> individual connection will be limited to 1gbit. iSCSI with >tc> mpxio may work, nfs will not. > > well...probably you will run into

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ideas for ghetto file server data reliability?

2010-11-16 Thread michael . p . sullivan
Ummm… there's a difference between data integrity and data corruption. Integrity is enforced programmatically by something like a DBMS. This sets up basic rules that ensure the programmer, program or algorithm adhere to a level of sanity and bounds. Corruption is where cosmic rays, bit rot, ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] Faster than 1G Ether... ESX to ZFS

2010-11-16 Thread Miles Nordin
> "tc" == Tim Cook writes: tc> Channeling Ethernet will not make it any faster. Each tc> individual connection will be limited to 1gbit. iSCSI with tc> mpxio may work, nfs will not. well...probably you will run into this problem, but it's not necessarily totally unsolved. I am

Re: [zfs-discuss] cannot delete file when fs 100% full

2010-11-16 Thread tanisha singh
Hi. I runned into that damn problem too. And after days of searching I finally found this software: Delete Long Path File Tool. It's GREAT. You can find it here: http://www.deletelongfile.com";>www.deletelongfile.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Pool versions

2010-11-16 Thread Ian Collins
On 11/17/10 05:45 AM, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Hi Ian, The pool and file system version information is available in the ZFS Administration Guide, here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/821-1448/appendixa-1?l=en&a=view The OpenSolaris version pages are up-to-date now also. Thanks Cindy! -- Ia

[zfs-discuss] zpool import is this safe to use "-f" option in this case ?

2010-11-16 Thread sridhar surampudi
Hi, I have done the following (which is required for my case) Created a zpool (smpool) on a device/LUN from an array (IBM 6K) on host1 created a array level snapshot of the device using "dscli" to another device which is successful. Now I make the snapshot device visible to another host (host2)

Re: [zfs-discuss] Pool versions

2010-11-16 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Ian, The pool and file system version information is available in the ZFS Administration Guide, here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/821-1448/appendixa-1?l=en&a=view The OpenSolaris version pages are up-to-date now also. Thanks, Cindy On 11/15/10 16:42, Ian Collins wrote: Is there an u

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Crypto in Oracle Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-16 Thread David Magda
On Nov 15, 2010, at 14:36, David Magda wrote: Looking forwarding to playing with it. Some questions: 1. Is it possible to do a 'zfs create -o encryption=off tank/darren/music' after the above command? I don't much care if my MP3s are encrypted. :) 2. Both CCM and GCM modes of operation are s

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Crypto in Oracle Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-16 Thread Darren J Moffat
On 11/15/10 19:36, David Magda wrote: On Mon, November 15, 2010 14:14, Darren J Moffat wrote: Today Oracle Solaris 11 Express was released and is available for download[1], this release includes on disk encryption support for ZFS. Using ZFS encryption support can be as easy as this: # zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changing GUID

2010-11-16 Thread Phil Harman
Actually, I did this very thing a couple of years ago with M9000s and EMC DMX4s ... with the exception of the "same host" requirement you have (i.e. the thing that requires the GUID change). If you want to import the pool back into the host where the cloned pool is also imported, it's not just

Re: [zfs-discuss] New system, Help needed!

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Elling
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Frank wrote: > I am a newbie on Solaris. > We recently purchased a Sun Sparc M3000 server. It comes with 2 identical > hard drives. I want to setup a raid 1. After searching on google, I found > that the hardware raid was not working with M3000. So I am here to look

Re: [zfs-discuss] Excruciatingly slow resilvering on X4540 (build 134)

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Elling
Measure the I/O performance with iostat. You should see something that looks sorta like (iostat -zxCn 10): extended device statistics r/sw/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b device 5948.9 349.3 40322.3 5238.1 0.1 16.70.02.7 0 330 c

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + L2ARC + Cluster.

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Elling
comment below... On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Matt Banks wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: > >> On 11/15/2010 2:55 PM, Matt Banks wrote: >>> I asked this on the x86 mailing list (and got a "it should work" answer), >>> but this is probably more of the appropriate place

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changing GUID

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Elling
On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:11 AM, sridhar surampudi wrote: > Hi I am looking in similar lines, > > my requirement is > > 1. create a zpool on one or many devices ( LUNs ) from an array ( array can > be IBM or HPEVA or EMC etc.. not SS7000). > 2. Create file systems on zpool > 3. Once file systems ar