Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv horribly slow on system with 1800+ filesystems

2011-03-01 Thread Brandon High
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Moazam Raja wrote: > We've noticed that on systems with just a handful of filesystems, ZFS > send (recursive) is quite quick, but on our 1800+ fs box, it's > horribly slow. When doing an incremental send, the system has to identify what blocks have changed, which

Re: [zfs-discuss] Format returning bogus controller info

2011-03-01 Thread Brandon High
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Dave Pooser wrote: > Is the same true of controllers? That is, will c12 remain c12 or > /pci@0,0/pci8086,340c@5 remain /pci@0,0/pci8086,340c@5 even if other > controllers are active? You can rebuild the device tree if it bothers you. There are some (outdated) inst

[zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
Hi I'm running OpenSolaris 148 on a few boxes, and newer boxes are getting installed as we speak. What would you suggest for a good SLOG device? It seems some new PCI-E-based ones are hitting the market, but will those require special drivers? Cost is obviously alsoo an issue here Vennlige

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 08:03:42AM -0800, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Hi > > I'm running OpenSolaris 148 on a few boxes, and newer boxes are > getting installed as we speak. What would you suggest for a good SLOG > device? It seems some new PCI-E-based ones are hitting the market, > but will tho

Re: [zfs-discuss] Format returning bogus controller info

2011-03-01 Thread Cindy Swearingen
(Dave P...I sent this yesterday, but it bounced on your email address) A small comment from me would be to create some test pools and replace devices in the pools to see if device names remain the same or change during these operations. If the device names change and the pools are unhappy, retes

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Khushil Dep
I'd back that. X25E's are great but also look at the STECH ZeusIOPS as well as the new Intel's. --- W. A. Khushil Dep - khushil@gmail.com - 07905374843 Windows - Linux - Solaris - ZFS - XenServer - FreeBSD - C/C++ - PHP/Perl - LAMP - Nexenta - Development - Consulting & Contracting http://www

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> a) do you need an SLOG at all? Some workloads (asynchronous ones) will > never benefit from an SLOG. We're planning to use this box for CIFS/NFS, so we'll need an SLOG to speed things up. > b) form factor. at least one manufacturer uses a PCIe card which is > not compliant with the PCIe form-

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 09:56:35AM -0800, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > > a) do you need an SLOG at all? Some workloads (asynchronous ones) will > > never benefit from an SLOG. > > We're planning to use this box for CIFS/NFS, so we'll need an SLOG to > speed things up. > > > b) form factor. at l

Re: [zfs-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread matthew lagoe
Personally I am trying out the OCZ revodrives, seem like a decent price for performance for SLOG. From: "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:56 AM To: "Garrett D'Amore" Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread David Magda
On Tue, March 1, 2011 11:11, Khushil Dep wrote: > I'd back that. X25E's are great but also look at the STECH ZeusIOPS as > well as the new Intel's. STEC's products are not available to retail customers, only OEMs. (Unless something has changed recently, in which case a link would be useful.)

Re: [zfs-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Patrick O'Sullivan
Next gen spec sheets suggest the X25-E will get a "Power Safe Write Cache," something it does not have today. See: http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/3965?cPage=5&all=False&sort=0&page=1&slug=intels-3rd-generation-x25m-ssd-specs-revealed (Article is about X25-M, scroll down for X25-E info.) On

Re: [zfs-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> Next gen spec sheets suggest the X25-E will get a "Power Safe Write > Cache," something it does not have today. > > See: > http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/3965?cPage=5&all=False&sort=0&page=1&slug=intels-3rd-generation-x25m-ssd-specs-revealed > > (Article is about X25-M, scroll down for X25

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Rocky Shek
David, STEC/DataON ZeusRAM(Z4RZF3D-8UC-DNS) SSD now available for users in channel. It is 8GB DDR3 RAM based SAS SSD protected by supercapacitor and NVRAM 16GB. It is designed for ZFS ZIL with low latency http://dataonstorage.com/zeusram Rocky -Original Message- From: zfs-discus

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Garrett D'Amore
The PCIe based ones are good (typically they are quite fast), but check the following first: a) do you need an SLOG at all? Some workloads (asynchronous ones) will never benefit from an SLOG. b) form factor. at least one manufacturer uses a PCIe card which is not compliant with

Re: [zfs-discuss] Format returning bogus controller info

2011-03-01 Thread Craig Morgan
Surprised that one of the most approachable outputs for any customer to use which would enable simple identification/resolution of many of these discussions didn't come up, namely: cfgadm -al for a reasonable physical mapping in which SAS/SATA drives are relatively easy to map out by ID a