Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Marion Hakanson
>I wrote: >> Is anyone else tired of seeing the word redundancy? (:-) matthias.ap...@lanlabor.com said: > Only in a perfect world (tm) ;-) > IMHO there is no such thing as "too much redundancy". In the real world the > possibilities of redundancy are only limited by money, Sigh. I was just joki

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Matthias Appel
> Redundancy costs in terms of both time and money. Redundant hardware > which fails or feels upset requires time to administer and repair. > This is why there is indeed such a thing as "too much redundancy". Yes that's true, but all I wanted to say is: "If there is infinite of money there can

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Matthias Appel wrote: IMHO there is no such thing as "too much redundancy". In the real world the possibilities of redundancy are only limited by money, Redundancy costs in terms of both time and money. Redundant hardware which fails or feels upset requires time to admin

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Matthias Appel
> Is anyone else tired of seeing the word redundancy? (:-) Only in a perfect world (tm) ;-) IMHO there is no such thing as "too much redundancy". In the real world the possibilities of redundancy are only limited by money, be it "online" redundancy (mirror/RAIDZx,) "offline" redundancy (tape ba

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Marion Hakanson
mmusa...@east.sun.com said: > What benefit are you hoping zfs will provide in this situation? Examine > your situation carefully and determine what filesystem works best for you. > There are many reasons to use ZFS, but if your configuration isn't set up to > take advantage of those reasons, then

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Prasad Unnikrishnan
> What benefit are you hoping zfs will provide in this > situation? Examine > your situation carefully and determine what > filesystem works best for you. > There are many reasons to use ZFS, but if your > configuration isn't set up > to take advantage of those reasons, then there's a > disconn

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread Mark J Musante
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Espen Martinsen wrote: Let's say I've chosen to live with a zpool without redundancy, (SAN disks, has actually raid5 in disk-cabinet) What benefit are you hoping zfs will provide in this situation? Examine your situation carefully and determine what filesystem works best

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-20 Thread jay
nformation. --Original Message-- From: Espen Martinsen Sender: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org To: zfs Discuss Subject: [zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy Sent: Oct 20, 2009 12:49 AM Hi, This might be a stupid question, but I can't figure it out. Let's say I've ch

[zfs-discuss] Zpool without any redundancy

2009-10-19 Thread Espen Martinsen
Hi, This might be a stupid question, but I can't figure it out. Let's say I've chosen to live with a zpool without redundancy, (SAN disks, has actually raid5 in disk-cabinet) m...@mybox:~# zpool status BACKUP pool: BACKUP state: ONLINE scrub: none requested config: NAME