Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID-Z/mirror hybrid allocator

2010-11-23 Thread StorageConcepts
Hi, I did a quick test (because I'm curious also). The Hardware was a 3 SATA Disk RaidZ1. What I did: 1) Create a pool with NexentaStor 3.0.4 (Pool Version 26, Raidz1 with 3 disks) 2) Disabled all caching (primarycache=none, secondarycache=none) to force media access 3) Copied and extracted

Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID-Z/mirror hybrid allocator

2010-11-22 Thread Markus Kovero
> > 2. If you have an existing RAIDZ pool and upgrade to b151a, you would > > need to upgrade the pool version to use this feature. In this case, > > newly written metadata would be mirrored. > Hi, > And if one creates raid-z3 pool would meta-data be a 3-way mirror as well? Also, how are devic

Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID-Z/mirror hybrid allocator

2010-11-22 Thread Robert Milkowski
On 18/11/2010 17:53, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Markus, Let me correct/expand this: 1. If you create a RAIDZ pool on OS 11 Express (b151a), you will have some mirrored metadata. This feature integrated into b148 and the pool version is 29. This is the part I mixed up. 2. If you have an existing R

Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID-Z/mirror hybrid allocator

2010-11-18 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Markus, Let me correct/expand this: 1. If you create a RAIDZ pool on OS 11 Express (b151a), you will have some mirrored metadata. This feature integrated into b148 and the pool version is 29. This is the part I mixed up. 2. If you have an existing RAIDZ pool and upgrade to b151a, you would need

Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID-Z/mirror hybrid allocator

2010-11-18 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Markus, Jeff Bonwick integrated this feature so I'll let him describe it. In a nutshell: If you create a RAIDZ pool in OS 11 Express or if you are running at least build 129, some of the pool metadata is mirrored automatically. This is a performance feature that should increase read I/O perf

[zfs-discuss] RAID-Z/mirror hybrid allocator

2010-11-18 Thread Markus Kovero
Hi, I'm referring to; http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6977913 It should be in Solaris 11 Express, has anyone tried this? How this is supposed to work? Any documentation available? Yours Markus Kovero ___ zfs-discuss mailing li