Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS async and ZFS zil_disable

2008-04-22 Thread msl
> > On Apr 22, 2008, at 12:16 PM, msl wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I think the two options are very similar in the > "cliente side > > view", but i want to hear from the experts... So, > somebody can talk > > a little about the two options

[zfs-discuss] NFS async and ZFS zil_disable

2008-04-22 Thread msl
Hello all, I think the two options are very similar in the "cliente side view", but i want to hear from the experts... So, somebody can talk a little about the two options? We have two different layers here, i think: 1) The "async" from the protocol stack, and the other... 2) From the filesy

[zfs-discuss] ZFS mountpoints

2008-03-23 Thread msl
Hello all, Sorry if that is a "stupid" question, but i need to ask.. I have some zfs filesystems with two "//" at the beggining like "//dir1/dir2/dir3. And some other filesystems "correct" with just one "/" (/dir1/dir2/). The question is: Can i set the mountpoint correctly? i mean, rewrite th

[zfs-discuss] Telemetry and ZFS HAStoragePlus

2008-03-13 Thread msl
Hello all, I'm willing to configure "telemetry" in SC 3.2, but i did not see how... The two ways that i did find to configure it is: 1) "clsetup" or 2) Using "sctelemetry" resource utility The problem is that in the both we need a "FilesystemMountPoints" property configured, and that property

[zfs-discuss] Round-robin NFS protocol with ZFS

2008-03-13 Thread msl
Hello all, I was thinking if such scenario could be possible: 1 - Export/import a ZFS filesystem in two solaris servers. 2 - Export that filesystem (NFS). 3 - Mount that filesystem on clients in two different mount points (just to authenticate in both servers/UDP). 4a - Use some kind of "man-in-t

Re: [zfs-discuss] The old problem with tar, zfs, nfs and zil

2008-02-26 Thread msl
Actually, i have some corrections to be made. When i did see the numbers, i was stunned and that blocked me to thinkā€¦ Here you can see the right numbers: http://www.posix.brte.com.br/blog/?p=104 The problem was the discs were i have made the tests. Thanks for your time. This message posted fr

Re: [zfs-discuss] The old problem with tar, zfs, nfs and zil

2008-02-26 Thread msl
> For Linux NFS service, it's a option in > /etc/exports. > > The default for "modern" (post-1.0.1) NFS utilities > is "sync", which means that data and metadata will be > written to the disk whenever NFS requires it > (generally upon an NFS COMMIT operation). This is > the same as Solaris with U

[zfs-discuss] The old problem with tar, zfs, nfs and zil

2008-02-25 Thread msl
Hello all, I just did this post about the problem: http://www.posix.brte.com.br/blog/?p=103 I just want to know if somebody knows the Linux implementation of XFS, EXT3, or another filesystem to confirm that the ACK by the fileserver is without "log" the transaction (like ZIL), or without commi

[zfs-discuss] Creating ZFS home filesystems from Linux

2008-02-22 Thread msl
Sometime ago i did post this: (http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2006-October/035351.html) on ZFS discuss, and Darren J Moffat gave me the idea to use SSH to create the home directories on the solaris server. So, i did implement that solution, and did post the results in my blo

Re: [zfs-discuss] iSCSI initiator BUG

2007-12-28 Thread msl
> i have a difficulty in understanding: > > you tell that the device get`s lost whenver the I/O > error occurs. yes. > > you tell that you cannot use ext3 or xfs, but > reiser. > Yes, with reiser the test did work. between the unmounts/mounts there was "error" messages in "dmesg", but the tes

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool kernel panics.

2007-12-20 Thread msl
Hello mr. Irvine, Did you fix that? Do you have a solaris formal support? I mean, they will fix the problem in your solaris 10 production server, or you will need to upgrade to a "opensolaris" version? I'm deploying a ZFS environment, but when i think about "TB" and "how mature" is ZFS... i

[zfs-discuss] iSCSI initiator BUG

2007-12-20 Thread msl
Hello all.. I'm making some tests with iozone running on a Linux (initiator), writting on a solaris target (ZVOL). I think there is a BUG in Linux initiator software (open-iscsi), but i just want your opinion, to see if the target can be the problem. Seems to me like a corruption in the filesys

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS performance considerations (Linux vs Solaris)

2007-12-10 Thread msl
Ok, i have proposed, so, i'm trying to implement it. :) I hope you can (at least) criticizing it. :)) The document is here: http://www.posix.brte.com.br/blog/?p=89 It is not complete, i'm running some tests yet, and analyzing the results. But i think you can look and contribute with tome though

[zfs-discuss] NFS performance considerations (Linux vs Solaris)

2007-11-20 Thread msl
Hello all... I think all of you agree that "performance" is a great topic in NFS. So, when we talk about NFS and ZFS we imagine a great combination/solution. But one is not dependent on another, actually are two well distinct technologies. ZFS has a lot of features that all we know about, and

[zfs-discuss] read/write NFS block size and ZFS

2007-11-15 Thread msl
Hello all... I'm migrating a nfs server from linux to solaris, and all clients(linux) are using read/write block sizes of 8192. That was the better performance that i got, and it's working pretty well (nfsv3). I want to use all the zfs' advantages, and i know i can have a performance loss, so i

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs mount points (all-or-nothing)

2007-09-19 Thread msl
Any ideas on this? Or i will need to update the vfstab file? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] zfs mount points (all-or-nothing)

2007-09-10 Thread msl
Hello all, There is a way to configure the zpool to "legacy_mount", and have all filesystems in that pool mounted automatically? I will try explain better: - Imagine that i have a zfs pool with "1000" filesystems. - I want to "control" the mount/unmount of that pool, so, i did configure the

[zfs-discuss] ZFS/NFS - SC 3.2 and AVS - HOWTO [SOLVED]

2007-08-21 Thread msl
Hello, I will try to concentrate in this post the informations about the configurations that i'm deploying, thinking that it should be usefull for somebody else.. The objective of my tests is: High Availability services with ZFS/NFS on solaris 10 using a two-node Sun Cluster. The scenarios are

[zfs-discuss] ZFS snapshots and NFS

2007-05-30 Thread msl
Hello all, Sorry if you think that question is stupid, but i need to ask.. Imagine a normal situation on a NFS server with "N" client nodes. The objects of the shares is software (/usr/ for instance), and the admin wants to make available new versions of a few packages. So, would be nice if t

[zfs-discuss] ZFS vs UFS

2006-11-06 Thread msl
Hello all, As you know, i'm making some "screencasts" about a few solaris features. That screencasts is one point of many tests that i'm making with solaris 10. Now, with some tests with dtrace, i have saw a interesting point: the creat64 and unlink system calls are uniforms (times) on ZFS, but

[zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS, home and Linux

2006-10-23 Thread msl
Perfect, thanks for all answers. The solution that Darren has suggested to me, can be implemented even between linux -> linux. No more no_root_squash in home directories, what is a bad thing. thanks again. This message posted from opensolaris.org _

[zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS, home and Linux

2006-10-19 Thread msl
Ok, thanks very much for your answer. I will look the automounter. But, about the pam module, how it would work? running on linux machine, and creating a zfs filesystem on a solaris server (via NFS)? Thanks again. This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] ZFS, home and Linux

2006-10-17 Thread msl
Hello, I'm trying to implement a NAS server with solaris/NFS and, of course, ZFS. But for that, we have a little problem... what about the /home filesystem? I mean, i have a lot of linux clients, and the "/home" directory is on a NFS server (today, linux). I want to use ZFS, and change the "dire