Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > We have a server with a couple X-25E's and a bunch of larger SATA > disks. > > To save space, we want to install Solaris 10 (our install is only about > 1.4GB) to the X-25E's and use the remaining space on the SSD's for ZIL > attached to a z

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 08:18:48AM -0700, Erik Ableson wrote: > Le 2 juil. 2010 à 16:30, Ray Van Dolson a écrit : > > > On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 03:40:26AM -0700, Ben Taylor wrote: > >>> We have a server with a couple X-25E's and a bunch of larger SATA > >>> disks. > >>> > >>> To save space, we w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

Hi Ray, In general, using components from one pool for another pool is discouraged because this configuration can cause deadlocks. Using this configuration for ZIL usage would probably work fine (with a performance hit because of the volume) until something unforeseen goes wrong. This config is u

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 03:40:26AM -0700, Ben Taylor wrote: > > We have a server with a couple X-25E's and a bunch of > > larger SATA > > disks. > > > > To save space, we want to install Solaris 10 (our > > install is only about > > 1.4GB) to the X-25E's and use the remaining space on > > the SSD'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

> We have a server with a couple X-25E's and a bunch of > larger SATA > disks. > > To save space, we want to install Solaris 10 (our > install is only about > 1.4GB) to the X-25E's and use the remaining space on > the SSD's for ZIL > attached to a zpool created from the SATA drives. > > Currently

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

> However, SVM+UFS is more annoying to work with as far as LiveUpgrade is > concerned. We'd love to use a ZFS root, but that requires that the > entire SSD be dedicated as an rpool leaving no space for ZIL. Or does > it? > > It appears that we could do a: > > # zfs create -V 24G rpool/zil >

[zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

We have a server with a couple X-25E's and a bunch of larger SATA disks. To save space, we want to install Solaris 10 (our install is only about 1.4GB) to the X-25E's and use the remaining space on the SSD's for ZIL attached to a zpool created from the SATA drives. Currently we do this by install