Re: [zfs-discuss] zfsdump

2009-11-04 Thread Jonathan Adams
The real problem for us is down to the fact that with ufsdump and ufsrestore they handled tape spanning and zfs send does not. we looked into having a wrapper to "zfs send" to a file and running gtar (which does support tape spanning), or cpio ... then we looked at the amount we started storing

Re: [zfs-discuss] mdb ::memstat including zfs buffer details?

2007-11-12 Thread Jonathan Adams
On Nov 12, 2007 4:16 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I don't think it should be too bad (for ::memstat), given that (at > >least in Nevada), all of the ZFS caching data belongs to the "zvp" > >vnode, instead of "kvp". > > ZFS data buffers are attached to zvp; however, we still keep m

Re: [zfs-discuss] mdb ::memstat including zfs buffer details?

2007-11-12 Thread Jonathan Adams
On Nov 8, 2007 4:21 PM, Nathan Kroenert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all - > > Just a quick one... > > Is there any plan to update the mdb ::memstat dcmd to present ZFS > buffers as part of the summary? > > At present, we get something like: > > ::memstat > Page SummaryPages

Re: [zfs-discuss] compression=on and zpool attach

2007-09-11 Thread Jonathan Adams
On 9/11/07, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got 12Gb or so of db+web in a zone on a ZFS filesystem on a mirrored > zpool. > Noticed during some performance testing today that its i/o bound but > using hardly > any CPU, so I thought turning on compression would be a quick win. > > I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Lots of seeks?

2006-08-11 Thread Jonathan Adams
everything out in parallel. 3a. if any write fails, re-do 1+2 for that block, and 2 for all of its parents, then start over at 3 with all of the changed blocks. 4. once everything is on stable storage, update the uberblock. That's a lot more complicated than the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Assertion raised during zfs share?

2006-08-04 Thread Jonathan Adams
7;ll probably comment out that stuff and see I can > bring up the nfs server code and share a UFS filesystem using the > traditional methods. Once that's OK I'll move on to the ZFS portion and > investigate. Out of curiosity, wh

Re: [zfs-discuss] RBAC and ZFS FileSystemManagement

2006-06-29 Thread Jonathan Adams
o get access to profile-enabled commands: $ zfs create pool/aux2 cannot create 'pool/aux2': permission denied $ pfksh $ zfs create pool/aux2 $ exit $ Either set your shell to pf{k,c,}sh, or run it explicitly. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development

Re: [zfs-discuss] add_install_client and ZFS and SMF incompatibility

2006-06-23 Thread Jonathan Adams
t the next > time. > > Is this a known issue? The easiest way to work around it is to turn the zfs mount into a "legacy" mount, and mount it using vfstab. zfs set mountpoint=legacy pool/dataset (add pool/dataset mount l

Re: AW: AW: [zfs-discuss] Proposal for new basic privileges related with filesystem access checks

2006-06-22 Thread Jonathan Adams
n [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Do 22.06.2006 20:23 > An: Nicolas Williams > Cc: Jonathan Adams; Nicolai Johannes; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: AW: AW: [zfs-discuss] Proposal for new basic privileges related > with filesystem access checks > > > >Thinking about

Re: AW: AW: [zfs-discuss] Proposal for new basic privileges related with filesystem access checks

2006-06-22 Thread Jonathan Adams
nied. > > I was thinking of caching the {vfs, inode #, gen#, pid} and using that > to allow such processes to re-open files they _recently_ (the cache > should have LRU/LFU eviction) opened. That doesn't seem like a very predictable interface. The security guarantees are not very s

Re: [zfs-discuss] 15 minute fdsync problem and ZFS: Solved

2006-06-22 Thread Jonathan Adams
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 07:46:57PM +0200, Roch wrote: > > As I recall, the zfs sync is, unlike UFS, synchronous. Uh, are you talking about sync(2), or lockfs -f? IIRC, lockfs -f is always synchronous. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Devel

Re: [zfs-discuss] 15 minute fdsync problem and ZFS: Solved

2006-06-22 Thread Jonathan Adams
d 0 -> cv_broadcast 0 <- cv_broadcast 0<- releasef 0 <- ioctl So the sync happens. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS questions

2006-06-20 Thread Jonathan Adams
It's written each time a transaction group commits. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs destroy - destroying a snapshot

2006-06-13 Thread Jonathan Adams
provides you with some safeguards. > > --matt > _______ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sequentiality & direct access to a file

2006-05-24 Thread Jonathan Adams
n reading this file sequentially > will not be that sequential. On the other hand, if you are reading the file sequentially, ZFS has very good read-ahead algorithms. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Question about /etc/default/fs for a zfs based zone

2006-05-15 Thread Jonathan Adams
1M), fsck(1M), etc. Given that you use zfs(1M) for all that kind of manipulation, it seems like this is not a huge deal. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] fwd: ZFS Clone Promotion [PSARC/2006/303 Timeout:05/12/2006]

2006-05-10 Thread Jonathan Adams
me pool/project/beta pool/project/production > > > destroyed> > > # zfs destroy pool/project/legacy > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > ON > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > > - End forwarded message - > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Shrinking directories?

2006-05-09 Thread Jonathan Adams
e directory when it gets empty or "much smaller", which would fix this as well. Cheers, - jonathan -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs mirror/raidz: can they use different types of disks

2006-05-04 Thread Jonathan Adams
gt; > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Jonathan Adams, Solaris Kernel Development ___ zfs-discuss mailing l