Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs directory inheritance question/issue/problem ?

2011-06-22 Thread Ed Fang
; > Thanks, > > Cindy > > > On 06/22/11 09:46, Ed Fang wrote: >> Need a little help. I set up my zfs storage last year and everything has >> been working great. The initial setup was as follows >> tank/documents (not shared explicitly) >> tank/d

[zfs-discuss] zfs directory inheritance question/issue/problem ?

2011-06-22 Thread Ed Fang
Need a little help. I set up my zfs storage last year and everything has been working great. The initial setup was as follows tank/documents (not shared explicitly) tank/documents/Jan- shared as Jan tank/documents/Feb - shared as Feb tank/documents/March - shared as March Anyhow, I now

Re: [zfs-discuss] verging OT: how to buy J4500 w/o overpriced drives

2010-02-02 Thread Ed Fang
Also, both of those chassis come in SAS expander version and JBOD. the SAS expander version is the E1 version of the case. With the SAS Expander, and a motherboard using the LSI2008 or LSI1068 chipset, you can attach one cable from the SAS port (SFF8087) to the SAS expander and have all the dr

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Fang
I do not know if this has anything to do with some of the problems you're seeing. however, there is definitely an issue using /some/ LSI controllers on Supermicro boards. I just rencetly had an issue with using LSI3442 (the next gen over the 1068E chipset) on a Supermicro MB (X8DTN-6). Anyhow

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS configuration suggestion with 24 drives

2010-01-28 Thread Ed Fang
Thanks for the responses guys. It looks like I'll probably use RaidZ2 with 8 drives. The write bandwidth isn't that great as it'll be a hundred gigs every couple weeks but in a bulk load type of environment. So, not a major issue. Testing with 8 drives in a raidz2 easily saturated a GigE con

[zfs-discuss] ZFS configuration suggestion with 24 drives

2010-01-28 Thread Ed Fang
Replacing my current media server with another larger capacity media server. Also switching over to solaris/zfs. Anyhow we have 24 drive capacity. These are for large sequential access (large media files) used by no more than 3 or 5 users at a time. I'm inquiring as to what the best configu