Re: [zfs-discuss] Opensolaris is apparently dead

2010-08-17 Thread Andrej Podzimek
I did not say there is something wrong about published reports. I often read them. (Who doesn't?) However, there are no trustworthy reports on this topic yet, since Btrfs is unfinished. Let's see some examples: (1) http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=zfs_ext4_btrfs&num=1 My littl

Re: [zfs-discuss] Opensolaris is apparently dead

2010-08-16 Thread Andrej Podzimek
Well, a typical conversation about speed and stability usually boils down to this: A: I've heard that XYZ is unstable and slow. B: Are you sure? Have you tested XYZ? What are your benchmark results? Have you had any issues? A: No. I *have* *not* *tested* XYZ. I think XYZ is so unstable and slow t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Opensolaris is apparently dead

2010-08-14 Thread Andrej Podzimek
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Andrej Podzimek Or Btrfs. It may not be ready for production now, but it could become a serious alternative to ZFS in one year's time or so. (I have been using I will much sooner pay for

Re: [zfs-discuss] Opensolaris is apparently dead

2010-08-14 Thread Andrej Podzimek
3. Just stick with b134. Actually, I've managed to compile my way up to b142, but I'm having trouble getting beyond it - my attempts to install later versions just result in new boot environments with the old kernel, even with the latest pkg-gate code in place. Still, even if I get the latest c

Re: [zfs-discuss] carrying on

2010-07-19 Thread Andrej Podzimek
ap> 2) there are still bugs that *must* be fixed before Btrfs can ap> be seriously considered: ap> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-bt...@vger.kernel.org/msg05130.html I really don't think that's a show-stopper. He filled the disk with 2KB files. HE FILLED THE DISK WITH 2KB

Re: [zfs-discuss] carrying on [was: Legality and the future of zfs...]

2010-07-19 Thread Andrej Podzimek
Ubuntu always likes to be "on the edge" even if btrfs is far from being 'stable' I would not want to run a release that does this. Servers need stability and reliability. Btrfs is far from this. Well, it seems to me that this is a well-known and very popular „circle in proving“: A: XYZ is far

Re: [zfs-discuss] Kernel panic on zpool status -v (build 143)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrej Podzimek
I ran 'zpool scrub' and will report what happens once it's finished. (It will take pretty long.) The scrub finished successfully (with no errors) and 'zpool status -v' doesn't crash the kernel any more. Andrej smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature __

[zfs-discuss] Kernel panic on zpool status -v (build 143)

2010-06-27 Thread Andrej Podzimek
Hello, I got a zfs panic on build 143 (installed with onu) in the following unusual situation: 1) 'zpool scrub' found a corrupted snapshot on which two BEs were based. 2) I removed the first dependency with 'zfs promote'. 3) I removed the second dependency with 'zfs -pv

[zfs-discuss] Accessing a zpool from another system

2010-06-26 Thread Andrej Podzimek
Hello, I have a problem after accessing a zpool containing a boot environment from another system. When the zpool is accessed (imported, mounted and exported again) by another system, the device addresses stored in its metadata are overwritten. Consequently, it is not bootable any more and cau

[zfs-discuss] Detaching a clone from a snapshot

2010-06-25 Thread Andrej Podzimek
Hello, Is it possible to detach a clone from its snapshot (and copy all its data physically)? I ran into an obscure situation where 'zfs promote' does not help. Snapshot S has clones C1 and C2, both of which are boot environments. S has a data error that cannot be corrected. The error affects