Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Middleton
On 09/28/09 01:22 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: That seems truly bizarre. Virtualbox recommends 16GB, and after doing an install there's about 12GB free. There's no way Solaris will install in 4GB if I understand what you are saying. Maybe fresh off a CD when it doesn't have to download a copy

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-28 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Mon, September 28, 2009 07:56, Frank Middleton wrote: > On 09/28/09 12:40 AM, Ron Watkins wrote: >> >> Thus, im at a loss as to how to get the root pool setup as a 20Gb >> slice > > 20GB is too small. You'll be fighting for space every time > you use pkg. From my considerable experience install

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-28 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Ron, Any reason why you want to use slices except for the root pool? I would recommend a 4-disk configuration like this: mirrored root pool on c1t0d0s0 and c2t0d0s0 mirrored app pool on c1t1d0 and c2t1d0 Let the install use one big slice for each disk in the mirrored root pool, which is req

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Middleton
On 09/28/09 12:40 AM, Ron Watkins wrote: Thus, im at a loss as to how to get the root pool setup as a 20Gb slice 20GB is too small. You'll be fighting for space every time you use pkg. From my considerable experience installing to a 20GB mirrored rpool, I would go for 32GB if you can. Assumin

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-27 Thread Ross Walker
On Sep 27, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Ron Watkins wrote: My goal is to have a mirrored root on c1t0d0s0/c2t0d0s0, another mirrored app fs on c1t0d0s1/c2t0d0s1 and then a 3+1 Raid-5 accross c1t0d0s7/c1t1d0s7/c2t0d0s7/c2t1d0s7. There is no need for the 2 mirrors both on c1t0 and c2t0 one mirrored

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-27 Thread Ron Watkins
Yes, you are correct about the layout. However, I don't appear to be able to control how the root pool is configured when I install from the live-CD. It either takes: a) The entire physical disk b) A slice the same size as the physical disk c) A smaller slice, but no way to get at the remaining sp

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-27 Thread Trevor Pretty
Ron That should work it's no real different to SVM. BTW: I did you mean? mirrored root on c1t0d0s0/c2t0d0s0 mirrored appĀ  on c1t1d0s0/c2t1d0s0 RaidZ accross c1t0d0s7/c1t1d0s7/c2t0d0s7/c2t1d0s7 I would then make slices 0 and 7 the same on all disks using fmthard (BTW:I would not use 7, I wou

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-27 Thread Ron Watkins
My goal is to have a mirrored root on c1t0d0s0/c2t0d0s0, another mirrored app fs on c1t0d0s1/c2t0d0s1 and then a 3+1 Raid-5 accross c1t0d0s7/c1t1d0s7/c2t0d0s7/c2t1d0s7. I want to play with creating ISCSI target luns on the Raid-5 partition, so I am trying out opensolaris for the first time. In t

Re: [zfs-discuss] OS install question

2009-09-27 Thread Ross Walker
On Sep 27, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Ron Watkins wrote: I have a box with 4 disks. It was my intent to place a mirrored root partition on 2 disks on different controllers, then use the remaining space and the other 2 disks to create a raid-5 configuration from which to export iscsi luns for use by