Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
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Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-28 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
this situation I would like to know if I can hold off on physically replacing the drive. Is there a safe method to test it or put it back into service and see if it fails again? Thank you, Chris - Original Message - From: "Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC" To: zfs-discuss@

Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-27 Thread Chris Dunbar
2012, at 9:08 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > You don't use replace on mirror vdevs. > > 'zpool detach' the failed drive. Then 'zpool attach' the new drive. > > On Nov 27, 2012 6:00 PM, "Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC" > wrote: >> Hel

[zfs-discuss] Question about degraded drive

2012-11-27 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
Hello, I have a degraded mirror set and this is has happened a few times (not always the same drive) over the last two years. In the past I replaced the drive and and ran zpool replace and all was well. I am wondering, however, if it is safe to run zpool replace without replacing the drive to s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
It's resilvering now - thanks for the help! - Original Message - From: "Cindy Swearingen" To: "Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC" Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 4:26:00 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive C

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
- From: "Cindy Swearingen" To: "Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC" Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:57:00 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive Hi Chris, Which Solaris release is this? Depending on the Solaris release, you have a

[zfs-discuss] Replacing failed drive

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
n use How do to bring the replaced drive back online and get it into the array? Do I make the new drive the spare or do I bring the new drive online in the mirror and return the original spare to spare status? Any advice and/or actual commands would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Chris D

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL recommendations

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Dunbar
, but it's a lot more expensive. Regards, Chris Dunbar On Nov 1, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > - Original Message - > > Hello, > > > > I realize this is a perpetual topic, but after re-reading all the > > messages I had saved on the sub

[zfs-discuss] ZIL recommendations

2010-11-01 Thread Chris Dunbar
planning to buy two Intel X25-E 32 GB drives, but then read something about OCZ Vertex 2 drives and the benefits of supercapicitors. The server sits in a colo center so the power is reasonably reliable, but certainly not foolproof. Thank you, Chris Dunbar

[zfs-discuss] iSCSI confusion

2010-05-23 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
usion/question. Is it possible to share the same ZFS file system with multiple ESX hosts via iSCSI? My belief is that an iSCSI connection is sort of like having a dedicated physical drive and therefore does not lend itself to sharing between multiple systems. Please set me straight. Thank you,

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS RaidZ recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread Chris Dunbar
Hello, More for my own edification than to help Jason (sorry Jason!) I would like to clarify something. If read performance is paramount, am I correct in thinking RAIDZ is not the best way to go? Would not the ZFS equivalent of RAID 10 (striped mirror sets) offer better read performance? In thi

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS file system confusion

2010-03-24 Thread Chris Dunbar
Brandon, Thank you for the explanation. It looks like I will have to share out each file system. I was trying to keep the number of shares manageable, but it sounds like that won't work. Regards, Chris On Mar 24, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Brandon High wrote: > 2010/3/24 Chris Dunbar > I

[zfs-discuss] ZFS file system confusion

2010-03-24 Thread Chris Dunbar
e a snapshot of tank/nfs, does it include the data in foo1 and foo2 or are they excluded since they are separate ZFS file systems? Thanks for your help. Regards, Chris Dunbar ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensola

Re: [zfs-discuss] Rethinking my zpool

2010-03-22 Thread Chris Dunbar
ll be doing the same thing. I think the 6 x 2-way mirror configuration gives me the best mix of performance and fault tolerance. Regards, Chris Dunbar On Mar 19, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: > Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC wrote: > > Hello, > > > > After being imme

[zfs-discuss] Rethinking my zpool

2010-03-19 Thread Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC
do have a 13th disk available as a hot spare. Would it be available for either pool if I went with two? Finally, would I be better off with raidz2 or something else instead of the striped mirrored sets? Performance and fault tolerance are my highest priorities. Tha

[zfs-discuss] Hardware Failure Best Practices

2010-03-08 Thread Chris Dunbar
same time we built the server) and plan to replace that tonight. Does that seem like the correct course of action? Are there any steps I can take beforehand to zero in on the problem? Any words of encouragement or wisdom? Regards, Chris Dunbar Eart