Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS RAIDZ Auto Resize?

2010-03-27 Thread Nick
Awesome - thank you to all who responded with both the autoexpand and import/export suggestions! I will try it out! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman

[zfs-discuss] ZFS RAIDZ Auto Resize?

2010-03-27 Thread Nick
not being recognized. Thanks! -Nick -- 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 Volume Destroy Halts I/O

2010-02-25 Thread Nick
One other question - I'm seeing the same sort of behavior when I try to do something like "zfs set sharenfs=off storage/fs" - is there a reason that turning off NFS sharing should halt I/O? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Volume Destroy Halts I/O

2010-02-15 Thread Nick
Thanks! -- 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 Volume Destroy Halts I/O

2010-02-15 Thread Nick
te so understanding or patient. This is a pretty big roadblock, IMHO, to this being a workable storage solution. I certainly do understand that I'm using the dev releases, so it is under development and I should expect bugs - this one just seems pretty significant, like I would need

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Volume Destroy Halts I/O

2010-02-15 Thread Nick
and volumes upgraded to the latest available versions. I am using deduplication on my ZFS volumes, set at the highest volume level, so I'm not sure if this has an impact. Can anyone provide any hints as to whether this is a bug or expected behavior, what's causing it, and how I can sol

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Web Administration?

2010-01-07 Thread Nick
o or will work in Opensolaris, especially given the fact that the Java-based webconsole is being phased out? Thanks! -Nick -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] How do I determine dedupe effectiveness?

2009-12-20 Thread Nick Couchman
the snapshots probably aren't that useful to me. However, if the snapshots are critical to your operations and your ability to service user requests, then, yes, putting them onto a secondary storage location is a good idea. -Nick This e-mail may contain confidential and privileg

Re: [zfs-discuss] How do I determine dedupe effectiveness?

2009-12-20 Thread Nick
> Wait...whoah, hold > on.If snapshots reside within the confines of the > pool, are you saying that dedup will also count > what's contained inside the snapshots? I'm > not sure why, but that thought is vaguely disturbing > on some level. > > Then again (not sure how gurus feel on this > point) b

[zfs-discuss] FW: Import a SAN cloned disk

2009-12-17 Thread Bone, Nick
-Original Message- From: Bone, Nick Sent: 16 December 2009 16:33 To: oab Subject: RE: [zfs-discuss] Import a SAN cloned disk Hi I know that EMC don't recommend a SnapView snapshot being added to the original hosts Storage Group although it is not prevented. I tried this jus

Re: [zfs-discuss] DeDup and Compression - Reverse Order?

2009-12-14 Thread Nick
things we want our > file system to do for us, the stronger CPU it'll > take. > Understood and agreed...but if you have the extra CPU cycles already, then, depending on the type of data and your deduplication ratios, it may be worth it to use the extra CPU to avoid buyi

Re: [zfs-discuss] SMC for ZFS administration in OpenSolaris 2009.06?

2009-12-11 Thread Nick
Yes, in fact the Openpegasus server is already included with Opensolaris under the SUNWcimserver package. I don't know how extensive the implementation is, though, yet - I was able to install it and get it running, but not much beyond that. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] SMC for ZFS administration in OpenSolaris 2009.06?

2009-12-11 Thread Nick
(if that's important to you). I also don't believe that EON currently has a web-based management interface - it's in the works - so that doesn't really help you there. -Nick -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-dis

[zfs-discuss] zfs filesystem mirroring

2009-05-09 Thread Nick
Is it possible to mirror a zfs filesystem with another on another disk? Two separate zpools, one on each disk, each one with a number of fs filesystems and one in particular on each one mirroring another. Nick ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Verbose Information from "zfs send -v "

2009-01-16 Thread Nick Smith
e anything on either Solaris 10u6 or OpenSolaris 2008.11. I am doing something wrong here? Also what should be the contents of this "verbose information" anyway? Regards, Nick -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Verbose Information from "zfs send -v "

2009-01-16 Thread Nick Smith
What 'verbose information' is reported by the "zfs send -v " contain? Also on Solaris 10u6 I don't get any output at all - is this a bug? Regards, Nick -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Change the volblocksize of a ZFS volume

2008-10-14 Thread Nick Smith
zfs receive'. Many Thanks for any help. Nick Smith -- 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] OpenSolaris, ZFS and Hardware RAID,

2008-02-10 Thread Nick
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenSolaris, ZFS and Hardware RAID,

2008-02-10 Thread Nick
should you so-wish. I had kinda given up on expecting read-ahead assistance from the hardware... Im hoping that the large-ish write cache will simply release zfs to go away and continue its work as soon as possible. Thoughts much appreciated. Nick This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] OpenSolaris, ZFS and Hardware RAID, a recipe for success?

2008-02-09 Thread Nick
I have been tasked with putting together a storage solution for use in a virtualization setup, serving NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI, over GigE. I've inherited a few components to work with: x86 dual core server , 512MB LSI-ELP RAID card 12 x 300GB 15Krpm SAS disks & array 2GB

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Lots of overhead with ZFS - what am I doing wrong?

2007-05-15 Thread Nick G
> I have no idea what to make of all > this, except that it ZFS has a problem with this > hardware/drivers that UFS and other traditional file > systems, don't. Is it a bug in the driver that > ZFS is inadvertently exposing? A specific feature > that ZFS assumes the hardware to have, but it > doesn

[zfs-discuss] Re: Lots of overhead with ZFS - what am I doing wrong?

2007-05-14 Thread Nick G
Don't know how much this will help, but my results: Ultra 20 we just got at work: # uname -a SunOS unknown 5.10 Generic_118855-15 i86pc i386 i86pc raw disk dd if=/dev/dsk/c1d0s6 of=/dev/null bs=128k count=1 0.00s user 2.16s system 14% cpu 15.131 total 1,280,000k in 15.131 seconds 84768k/