Re: [zfs-discuss] Can RAIDZ disks be slices ?

2010-04-22 Thread Sunil
> If you like, you can later add a fifth drive > relatively easily by > replacing one of the slices with a whole drive. > how does this affect my available storage if I were to replace both of those sparse 500GB files with a real 1TB drive? Will it be same? Or will I have expanded my storage?

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can RAIDZ disks be slices ?

2010-04-19 Thread Sunil
ouch! My apologies! I did not understand what you were trying to say. I was gearing towards: 1. Using the newer 1TB in the eventual RAIDZ. Newer hardware typically means (slightly) faster access times and sequential throughput. 2. Getting the RAIDZ serviceable quick. Your method will cause two f

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can RAIDZ disks be slices ?

2010-04-19 Thread Sunil
> On 04/20/10 04:13 PM, Sunil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a strange requirement. My pool consists of 2 > 500GB disks in stripe which I am trying to convert > into a RAIDZ setup without data loss but I have only > two additional disks: 750GB and 1TB. So, here is what

[zfs-discuss] Can RAIDZ disks be slices ?

2010-04-19 Thread Sunil
Hi, I have a strange requirement. My pool consists of 2 500GB disks in stripe which I am trying to convert into a RAIDZ setup without data loss but I have only two additional disks: 750GB and 1TB. So, here is what I thought: 1. Carve a 500GB slice (A) in 750GB and 2 500GB slices (B,C) in 1TB. 2

[zfs-discuss] Booting from detached mirror disk

2009-07-08 Thread Sunil Sohani
Hi, I have mirrored boot disk and I am able to boot from either disk. If I detach mirror would I be able to boot from detached disk? Thanks. Sunil ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo

[zfs-discuss] ZFS reference

2007-01-08 Thread Sunil Sohani
Hi, Are there any customer references available who have deployed ZFS in production? Thanks. Sunil ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss