Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-28 Thread Gary Mills
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 04:43:34PM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Edward Ned Harvey > (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) > wrote: > >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha >

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-28 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha >> >> So my >> suggestion is actually just present one huge 25TB LUN to zfs a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-27 Thread Timothy Coalson
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) < opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > > From: Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) > > > > Performance is much better if you use mirrors instead of raid. > (Seque

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-27 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha > > So my > suggestion is actually just present one huge 25TB LUN to zfs and let > the SAN handle redundancy. Oh - No Definitely let zfs handle the redundancy. Because Z

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-27 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
> From: Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) > > Performance is much better if you use mirrors instead of raid. (Sequential > performance is just as good either way, but sequential IO is unusual for most > use cases. Random IO is much better with mirrors, and that includes scr

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-26 Thread Timothy Coalson
Disclaimer: I haven't used LUNs with ZFS, so take this with a grain of salt. On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Morris Hooten wrote: > I'm creating a zpool that is 25TB in size. > > What are the recommendations in regards to LUN sizes? > The first standard advice I can give is that ZFS wants to b

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-26 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Morris Hooten wrote: > I'm creating a zpool that is 25TB in size. > > What are the recommendations in regards to LUN sizes? > > For example: > > Should I have 4 x 6.25 TB LUNS to add to the zpool or 20 x 1.25TB LUNs to > add to the pool? > > Or does it depend on th

[zfs-discuss] Zpool LUN Sizes

2012-10-26 Thread Morris Hooten
I'm creating a zpool that is 25TB in size. What are the recommendations in regards to LUN sizes? For example: Should I have 4 x 6.25 TB LUNS to add to the zpool or 20 x 1.25TB LUNs to add to the pool? Or does it depend on the size of the san disks themselves? Or should I divide the zpool up a