[zfs-discuss] It is that time again... ZFS + Firewire/USB - and a specific enclosure

2007-08-06 Thread mike
I am looking into getting something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120069356632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002 For a home storage server. I would like to run ZFS. Preferrably FreeBSD (if basic functionality is completely bug-free and I won't lose any data :)) as

Re: [zfs-discuss] scrub halts

2007-08-06 Thread Gary Gendel
Thanks for the information. I am using the Marvell8sx driver on a vanilla Sunfire v20z server. This project has gone through many frustrating phases... Originally I tried a Si3124 board with the box running a 5-1 Sil Sata multiplexer. The controller didn't understand the multiplexer so I put in

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs reports small st_size for directories?

2007-08-06 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Ed, Thursday, June 14, 2007, 2:42:26 AM, you wrote: ER> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:27:18PM -0700, Matthew Ahrens wrote: >> To summarize my understanding of this issue: st_size on directories is >> undefined; apps/libs which do anything other than display it are broken. >> However, we sho

Re: [zfs-discuss] Firewire zpool transport rejected fatal error, 6560174

2007-08-06 Thread Jürgen Keil
> By coincidence, I spent some time dtracing 6560174 yesterday afternoon on > b62, and these bugs are indeed duplicates. I never noticed 6445725 because my > system wasn't hanging but as the notes say, the fix for 6434435 changes the > problem, and instead the error that gets propogated back fro

[zfs-discuss] Mysql performance

2007-08-06 Thread Монашёв Михаил
Hi. What is the best "recordsize" for MyISAM tables ? >zfs set recordsize=? filesystem|volume ... -- Best regards, Michael Monashev http://michael.mindmix.ru/ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] It is that time again... ZFS + Firewire/USB - and a specific enclosure

2007-08-06 Thread Peter Schuller
> However, I have been subscribed to the ZFS lists for some time now and > done a Google check up for topics relating to this for some time, and > the jury still seems to be out on whether or not this would be a good > idea. My only input is that when I used cheap-ass USB enclosures (for single di

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS+NFS on storedge 6120 (sun t4)

2007-08-06 Thread Łukasz
I think you have a problem with pool fragmentation. We have the same problem and changing recordsize will help. You have to set smaller recordsize for pool ( all filesystem must have the same size or smaller size ). First check if you have problems with finding blocks with this dtrace script: #

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-08-06 Thread Maciej Klepaczewski
cjgibbs , do You know maybe if this Promise SATA300 Tx4 controller supports 750GB hard drives? I can't find any information about that anywhere... This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http:

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-08-06 Thread Christopher Gibbs
No idea... mine are all 250GB and the only thing I could find on it is this blurb from their product description: "Breaks the 137GB barrier! Supports various brands of large capacity Serial ATA hard disk drives" http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pid=465 On 8/6/07, Maciej Klepaczewski <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-08-06 Thread Christopher Gibbs
Oops, that was the wrong link, but same info anyways: "The SATA300 TX4 also includes large LBA support for drives above 137GB, and its onboard BIOS automatically identifies and configures drive type." http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=Non-RAID%20HBAs&product_id=139# On

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs reports small st_size for directories?

2007-08-06 Thread Ed Ravin
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:11:26PM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello Ed, > > Thursday, June 14, 2007, 2:42:26 AM, you wrote: > > ER> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:27:18PM -0700, Matthew Ahrens wrote: > >> To summarize my understanding of this issue: st_size on directories is > >> undefined; a

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-08-06 Thread Will Murnane
On 8/6/07, Christopher Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops, that was the wrong link, but same info anyways: > "The SATA300 TX4 also includes large LBA support for drives above > 137GB, and its onboard BIOS automatically identifies and configures > drive type." If it's bigger than 137GB, it's pr

Re: [zfs-discuss] Again ZFS with expanding LUNs!

2007-08-06 Thread Yan
Hey David might I need to track the evolution of that size-change utility to ZFS could I have a contact at Sun that would be able to give me more information on that ? Being able to resize LUNS dynamically Is a reality here, I currently do it with UFS after a EMC Clariion LUN Migration to a larg

Re: [zfs-discuss] Again ZFS with expanding LUNs!

2007-08-06 Thread George Wilson
I'm planning on putting back the changes to ZFS into Opensolaris in upcoming weeks. This will still require a manual step as the changes required in the sd driver are still under development. The ultimate plan is to have the entire process totally automated. If you have more questions, feel fre