Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-31 Thread Zeke
Ok, well I fired up Memtest and had a failure on the first run. I've run it twice more and have yet to manage to get it through a full run. Memory problem it is. :( Sorry to bother everyone. Thanks for the help. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-31 Thread Zeke
> Do you by chance mean Silicon Image with that "SI"? > Their chipsets aren't exactly known for reliability and > data safety. Just pointing that out as potential source > of problems. Indeed it is; however I'm not using that controller for anything at the moment, it's simply in the system with

Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-31 Thread Zeke
> Are you sure your hardware is working without > problems? > I would first check the RAM with memtest86+ > http://www.memtest.org/ I'll give this a shot tonight when I get home. I believe that Ubuntu liveCDs have a memtest boot option on them, if not I've got a Memtest disc somewhere. I'll ru

Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-31 Thread Zeke
> This could be a hardware problem. Bad powersuply for > the load? Try removing 2 of the large disks. I should have mentioned in my first post that this is the very first thing I thought, and that I've already swapped the power supply with one I know can handle the load (an Enermax 400W which ha

[zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-30 Thread Zeke
Hey folks, I've been wanting to use Solaris for a while now, for a ZFS home storage server and simply to get used to Solaris (I like to experiment). However, installing b70 has really not worked out for me at all. The hardware I'm using is pretty simple, but didn't seem to be supported under

[zfs-discuss] ZFS/RaidZ newbie questions

2007-07-26 Thread Zeke
Hello all, I've been thinking about using an OpenSolaris fileserver for my home network. There are several things which are important to me in this situation and I'd like to know how ZFS handles them. I've been reading the ZFS Administration Guide from Sun and I've looked over a few of the wi