Re: [zfs-discuss] Sun Flash Accelerator F20 numbers

2010-04-02 Thread Al Hopper
solution based solely on flash. Let us know (on the list) how this works out for you. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 214.233.5089 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best way to convert checksums

2009-10-05 Thread Al Hopper
to be used when a ZIL is being created? Interesting thread - and commiserations to the team ZFS on the broken fletcher implementation - we (developers) all have bad days!! Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD over 10gbe not any faster than 10K SAS over GigE

2009-10-12 Thread Al Hopper
h the Samsung disks. I'd recommend the Intel 160Gb drives if its not too late to return the Samsungs. The Intel drives currently offer the best compromise between different work loads. There are plenty of SSD reviews and the Samsungs always come out poorly in comparison testing. Regards, -

[zfs-discuss] zfs code and fishworks "fork"

2009-10-25 Thread Al Hopper
acle) as a commercial concern, is free to choose their own priorities in terms of how they use their own IP (Intellectual Property) - in this case, the source for the ZFS filesystem. Any comments from the ZFS team would be appreciated. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-ap

Re: [zfs-discuss] CR6894234 -- improved sgid directory compatibility with non-Solaris NFS clients

2009-10-31 Thread Al Hopper
Keep lobbying your point of view - I think interoperability should win out if it comes down to an arbitrary decision. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Bo

[zfs-discuss] Fwd: The 100, 000th beginner question about a zfs server

2009-11-21 Thread Al Hopper
-- Forwarded message -- From: Al Hopper Date: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] The 100,000th beginner question about a zfs server To: "R.G. Keen" On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 7:08 PM, R.G. Keen wrote: > > With apologies for clogging up the for

Re: [zfs-discuss] The 100, 000th beginner question about a zfs server

2009-11-23 Thread Al Hopper
nality of the hardware AFAIK. Usually an ECC error will generate a non-maskable interrupt and the OS will have an appropriate handler setup to handle this interrupt. This is the extent of my understanding - without doing additional homework. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz data loss stories?

2009-12-27 Thread Al Hopper
ure excursion over a relatively small time period? If the drive firmware does its job and remaps damaged sectors or tracks transparently, we, as the users, won't know - until it happens one time too many!! Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com

Re: [zfs-discuss] best way to configure raidz groups

2009-12-30 Thread Al Hopper
e vdevs? > > Does it really matter how i lay them out considering i only have gigabit > network? > > Thanks for any help. > Regards, -- Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com                   Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone

[zfs-discuss] preview of new SSD based on SandForce controller

2010-01-01 Thread Al Hopper
any ZFS source code?? Happy new year. -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thin device support in ZFS?

2010-01-01 Thread Al Hopper
resulting SSD very difficult to predict or even describe - especially as the device hardware and firmware continue to evolve. And some SSDs change the algorithms they implement on-the-fly - depending on the characteristics of the current workload and of the (inbound) data being written. There are some

[zfs-discuss] trying to buy an Intel MLC SSD

2010-01-01 Thread Al Hopper
cro SATA connector: wget ftp://ftp.seagate.com/pub/sff/SFF-8144.PDF NB: Make sure you get the G2 version of the Intel drive - regardless of the form factor. No affiliation with Intel etc. -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.

Re: [zfs-discuss] preview of new SSD based on SandForce controller

2010-01-02 Thread Al Hopper
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Tim Cook wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: >> >> Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Al Hopper wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting article - rumor has it that t

Re: [zfs-discuss] need a few suggestions for a poor man's ZIL/SLOG device

2010-01-04 Thread Al Hopper
puts for such a cheap >> MLC. >> -- >> This message posted from opensolaris.org >> ___ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > >

Re: [zfs-discuss] need a few suggestions for a poor man's ZIL/SLOG device

2010-01-06 Thread Al Hopper
> > > -- > Eric D. Mudama > edmud...@mail.bounceswoosh.org > > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plan

[zfs-discuss] 40Gb SSD "boot" drive

2010-01-07 Thread Al Hopper
.com appears to be selling Intel SSDs at premium pricing levels. Regards, -- Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com                   Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/o

Re: [zfs-discuss] New ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) device available - Beta program now open!

2010-01-15 Thread Al Hopper
; Thanks, > Congratulations Christopher - great product - and I'm sure that this will be the first of a family of products for you! Personally I like the simplicity of the design and the lack of a battery to worry about. This is a great addition to any ZFS installation ...

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL to disk

2010-01-15 Thread Al Hopper
are *minimum*, should be an x25-m SSD drive [1] and only going *up* from this base point. YMMV of course - this is based on my personal experience on a relatively small ZFS system. [1] According to Intel, the x25m should last 5 years if you write 20Gb to it every day. Of course they don't provi

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send/receive as backup - reliability?

2010-01-20 Thread Al Hopper
n't rotate while it's sitting there, so if > it's going to be sitting around for a while (e.g., seven years) better to > use tape than something that sucks up power. > > LTO-5 is expected to be released RSN, with a native capacity of 1.6 TB and > (uncompressed) writes at 180

Re: [zfs-discuss] zero out block / sectors

2010-01-23 Thread Al Hopper
og: http://virtguru.wordpress.com/ . .snip .. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb

Re: [zfs-discuss] verging OT: how to buy J4500 w/o overpriced

2010-02-12 Thread Al Hopper
u're probably eligible for a very nice Federal Systems discount. My *guess* would be about 40%. . snip ... Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member -

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSDs with a SCSI SCA interface?

2010-02-22 Thread Al Hopper
ot;hack job" and a couple of 1.8" or 2.5" SATA SSDs, combined with an OpenSolaris plugin SATA controller, would be a better solution. But I don't like this solution any more than I'm sure you do! Please contact me offlist if you have any ideas and please let us

Re: [zfs-discuss] Poor ZIL SLC SSD performance

2010-02-23 Thread Al Hopper
th using the recommended Kingston RAM. Both are unstable/flaky. I've tried removing some of the RAM to see if that makes a difference - it does not. Conclusion: Run Away from this product. Regards, -- Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com                   Voice:

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSDs with a SCSI SCA interface?

2010-02-24 Thread Al Hopper
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: > Al Hopper wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Erik Trimble > <mailto:erik.trim...@sun.com>> wrote: >> >>    Hey folks. >> >>    I've looked around quite a bit, and I ca

Re: [zfs-discuss] Interesting view on flash

2008-07-18 Thread Al Hopper
o the production platform. I can't wait for the market to reach commodity price/performance. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ideal Setup: RAID-5, Areca, etc!

2008-07-26 Thread Al Hopper
overall system performance. The reason why an enterprise card helps is because it'll coalesce those interrupts and leave the system CPU cores free to do useful work. [0] and you'll probably need to be a really good investor to be able to afford it! :) [1] on a 10-disk system here, there

Re: [zfs-discuss] help me....

2008-08-05 Thread Al Hopper
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Rahul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > can you give some disadvantages of the ZFS file system?? Stay away from the yellow one. > plzz its urgent... I understand. > help me. Next! Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,T

Re: [zfs-discuss] more ZFS recovery

2008-08-06 Thread Al Hopper
tent > cannot import 'content': pool may be in use from other system > use '-f' to import anyway > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# zpool import -f content > cannot import 'content': I/O error > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a > SunOS cs3.kw 5.10 Generic_127

[zfs-discuss] SSD update

2008-08-20 Thread Al Hopper
in (computer) heaven! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-idf-ssd,6205.html http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/19/idf-2008-intel-ssd-cometh Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD update

2008-08-20 Thread Al Hopper
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Bob Friesenhahn > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Al Hopper wrote: >> >> > It looks like Intel has a huge hit (pro

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD update

2008-08-20 Thread Al Hopper
the old days, because of the cost and lead time, products were only committed to Integrated Circuits (ICs) aka chips, after the technology had matured. This is no longer the case - as we've seen with CMOS digital camera sensors and processing logic. Now we have a case in point with SSDs, where

Re: [zfs-discuss] CF to SATA adapters for boot device

2008-08-20 Thread Al Hopper
ice, because Solaris does very little writing to the > boot "disk". You can review configuration ideas to maximize the life > of your CF device in this Solaris white paper for non-volatile memory; > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/nvm_boot.jsp > > I hope th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-01 Thread Al Hopper
gh memory in the ZFS host, you don't need hardware RAID with buffer RAM. Spend your dollars where you'll get the best payback - buy more drives and max out the RAM on the ZFS host!! In fact, if it's not too late, I'd return the 2540 Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 vs AVS ?

2008-09-04 Thread Al Hopper
, or >> even business critical data - in such a case, using X41x0 servers with >> J4500 JBODs and a HAStoragePlus Cluster instead of AVS may be a much >> better and more reliable option, for basically the same price. >> > > Ralf, > > War wounds? Could you

Re: [zfs-discuss] The best motherboard for a home ZFS fileserver

2008-09-10 Thread Al Hopper
pset used on this board dissipated around 45 Watts - so don't just look at the power dissipation numbers for the CPU. I'm not specifically recommending this board for use as a ZFS based fileserver - but it might provide a solution for someone on this list. PS: Since the Atom supports hyperthr

[zfs-discuss] Intel M-series SSD

2008-09-10 Thread Al Hopper
Interesting flash technology overview and SSD review here: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3403 and another review here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-x25-m-SSD,2012.html Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intel M-series SSD

2008-09-11 Thread Al Hopper
y application where the workload is mostly read only and the access pattern is random. Serving up CD and DVD sized ISO images comes immediately to mind. In this application a single M series drive providing 4,500 IOPS would be cost/power/cooling/size/price competitive against five 73Gb 15k RPM SA

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS poor performance on Areca 1231ML

2008-09-30 Thread Al Hopper
;m missing something here - this can't be right". If you have the budget to run a few more "experiments", try this SuperMicro card: http://www.springsource.com/repository/app/faq that others have had success with. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PR

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS poor performance on Areca 1231ML

2008-09-30 Thread Al Hopper
". >> >> If you have the budget to run a few more "experiments", try this >> SuperMicro card: >> http://www.springsource.com/repository/app/faq >> that others have had success with. >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Al Hopper Logi

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZSF Solaris

2008-09-30 Thread Al Hopper
l slow down dramatically while maxing out (100% utilization) one CPU (or core). And if your system only has a single CPU... :( Let me know what you find out. I know that the file name pattern is what causes this bug to bite bigtime - and not so much the number of files you use to test it. I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Quantifying ZFS reliability

2008-10-01 Thread Al Hopper
dations. [1] on a 10 disk system we have: a) a 5 disk RAIDZ pool b) a 3-way mirror (pool) c) a 2-way mirror (pool) If I was to do it again, I'd make a) a 6-disk RAIDZ2 config to take advantage of the higher reliability provided by this config. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plan

Re: [zfs-discuss] Quantifying ZFS reliability

2008-10-01 Thread Al Hopper
the box as you can afford; ZFS loves lots and lots of RAM and your users will love the performance that large memory ZFS boxes provide. Did'nt they just offer a thumper with more RAM recently??? -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Quantifying ZFS reliability

2008-10-02 Thread Al Hopper
y interesting SATA product is the WD Velociraptor - which blurs the line between 7k2 SATA and 15k RPM SAS drives. For the application the OP talked about, I doubt that he is going to run out and purchase low-cost drives that are more at home is a low-end desktop than they are in a ZFS based fil

Re: [zfs-discuss] Quantifying ZFS reliability

2008-10-02 Thread Al Hopper
computer technology where errors caused by people are far more likely to cause data loss. Or a water leak over the weekend or etc. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Looking for some hardware answers, maybe someone on this list could help

2008-10-15 Thread Al Hopper
s SCSI ID). In that respect we seem to have taken a step backwards with SATA drive technology. [1] 12v power is used for the CPU, fans, graphics cards, controllers, disk drives etc. > Will > > PS: None of this stops me from wanting the work-grade stuff at

Re: [zfs-discuss] Tuning for a file server, disabling data cache (almost)

2008-10-17 Thread Al Hopper
byte to make them viable for your application, but capable of 3.5k+ IOPS And you need large (inexpensive) capacity but high IOPS - which you can only get from multi-way mirror configs. Solutions: 1) a multi-way mirror config of RAIDZ SATA disk drive based pools (lots of drives, lots of power) 2) a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Tuning for a file server, disabling data cache (almost)

2008-10-17 Thread Al Hopper
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Al Hopper wrote: >> >> a) inexpensive, large capacity SATA drives running at 7,200 RPM and >> providing, approximately, 300 IOPS. >> b) expensive, small capacity,

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + OpenSolaris for home NAS?

2008-10-25 Thread Al Hopper
x for 2 to 4 SATA drives (with the upgrades listed above [minus the graphics card]). Email me offline if I can answer any further questions. PS: It'll probably take you 2 or 3 hours to evaluate every combination possible of the dell Vostro 200 box - but the price/performance is unbeatable an

Re: [zfs-discuss] Performance with tens of thousands of zfs filesystems

2008-10-29 Thread Al Hopper
an answer, Sol10 Update 6 is based on Build 88 AFAIR. So looking at the features/performance of that release will give you a good feel for Sol 10U6 .. the usual disclaimers YMMV etc. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + OpenSolaris for home NAS?

2008-10-29 Thread Al Hopper
sed > server should focus on maximizing installed RAM. Agreed 100% It's easy to find DDR2 RAM at around $20/gigabyte (based on 1Gb or 2Gb DIMMs) and I've seen some deals as low a $8/Gb for Kingston RAM. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Fit-PC Slim?

2008-11-05 Thread Al Hopper
s on the market with more horsepower than you've got in this system OTOH - this platform would make an excellent firewall if you load MonoWall on it! Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolar

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best SXCE version for ZFS Home Server

2008-11-14 Thread Al Hopper
incorporates the new package update facility. So you'll be able to upgrade any "problem" binaries very easily and with very little of something going very wrong. Choice is Good! :) Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] V

Re: [zfs-discuss] Still more questions WRT selecting a mobo for small ZFS RAID

2008-11-14 Thread Al Hopper
that the E7200 will work well in your application. f) Look at the following reviews and pick a motherboard from any of them: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/energy-efficient-motherboard,2067.html http://techreport.com/articles.x/15737 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-motherboar

Re: [zfs-discuss] Still more questions WRT selecting a mobo for small ZFS RAID

2008-11-14 Thread Al Hopper
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Al Hopper wrote: >> >> b) If I were building a system today, I'd go Intel - even thought I'm >> an AMD fanboy - but I can't recommend AMD today ... unfortun

Re: [zfs-discuss] Still more questions WRT selecting a mobo for small ZFS RAID

2008-11-15 Thread Al Hopper
was my personal risk assessment and priority. I think it was a good decision and it did'nt cause me any grief. [1] I do recommend that you test the heck out of new RAM parts and ensure that they get some airflow - especially if they are getting a supply of hot air from any nearby CPU coolers.

[zfs-discuss] Fwd: [osol-announce] IMPT: Do not use SXCE Build 102

2008-11-15 Thread Al Hopper
/opensolaris-announce -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/ ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Need help with disk layout

2009-01-12 Thread Al Hopper
rives from the zpool if you change your mind (you can only remove the cache drive right now IIRC). IMHO it makes more sense to add RAM to the system (if possible) in order to get the best performance from ZFS - or wait until the price/performance of SSDs make them a compelling buy. Regards, -- Al

[zfs-discuss] terabyte or terror-byte disk drives

2009-02-07 Thread Al Hopper
p someone else on the list who has developed bad habits over the years.. Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005

Re: [zfs-discuss] What's eating my disk space? Missing snapshots?

2009-08-22 Thread Al Hopper
or > deleted from the filesystem). Now some of that data is referenced by > multiple snapshots so it is not clear against which one it should be > reported. Some of data is being uniquely referenced by only a one snapshot > so such data is easy to be represented as being used by that specific &

[zfs-discuss] Petabytes on a budget - blog

2009-09-02 Thread Al Hopper
Interesting blog: http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ Regards, -- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX a...@logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr

[zfs-discuss] Fwd: ZFS & HW RAID

2009-09-19 Thread Al Hopper
-- Forwarded message -- From: Al Hopper Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS & HW RAID To: Scott Lawson On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Scott Lawson wrote: . snip .. > > Sun Directory Environment: > The directory team

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: How much do we really want zpool remove?

2007-01-25 Thread Al Hopper
ntages to running ZFS that denying yourself that opportunity is very short sighted - especially when there are lots of ways of working around this minor feature deficiency. Perhaps if you post some specifics of your environment and usage scenario, we can suggest workarounds. Regards, Al Hopper

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Al Hopper
will make the pool unavailable and you are SOL. > That is exactly what I do on my laptop, with one exception. For me it > isn't just my zones on ZFS but also my home directory and my builds area > (using zfs clones to quickly get a new mercurial repository is great!). > &g

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] Re: can I use zfs on just a partition?

2007-01-25 Thread Al Hopper
> be ok when it comes to pool/fs consistency and only user data will be > affected. However he should be able to determine which files are > affected (with zpool status) and just delete them. Few days ago a fix > was integrated so zpool status should show actual file names instead > of ju

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Thumper Origins Q

2007-01-25 Thread Al Hopper
ngle or dual-port FC card (Qlogic based please). Well - there's no harm in making the suggestion ... right? Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org C

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: How much do we really want zpool remove?

2007-01-26 Thread Al Hopper
; I hope I'm not sounding rude, but those of us working in medium to large > corporations simply do not have the money for such luxuries. Period. On the contrary - if you're not thinking ZFS, you're wasting a ton of IT $s and hurting the competitiveness of your business. Regards, Al

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: How much do we really want zpool remove?

2007-01-26 Thread Al Hopper
thought about this for about 5 Seconds and said; "I wish all my customers were like you guys". Then he was gone! :) Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org Community A

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: How much do we really want zpool remove?

2007-01-26 Thread Al Hopper
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Torrey McMahon wrote: > Al Hopper wrote: > > > > Now your accounting folks are going to be asking you to justify the > > purchase of that hi-end SAN box and why you're not using ZFS > > everywhere. :) > > > > Oh - and the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: high density SAS

2007-01-27 Thread Al Hopper
ng/testing etc and is still very useful if you "play" with FC disk drives. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005

Re: [zfs-discuss] hot spares - in standby?

2007-01-29 Thread Al Hopper
attach an additional battery cabinet year 4: purchase and attach an additional battery cabinet and remove the oldest battery cabinet year 5 ... N: repeat year 4s scenario until its time to replace the UPS. The advantage of this scenario is that you can budget a *fixed* cost for the UPS and your manag

Re: [zfs-discuss] hot spares - in standby?

2007-02-01 Thread Al Hopper
l of, and experience, *scheduled* downtime. BTW: don't forget that if you plan to continue to use the disk enclosure hardware you need to replace _all_ the fans first. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: What SATA controllers are people using for ZFS?

2007-02-01 Thread Al Hopper
m/products/accessories/addon/AoC-SAT2-MV8.cfm Kudos to the Sun developers working the Marvell driver! :) In the meantime I hope to find time to test a SAS2041E-R (initially the PCI Express version of this card). Keep posting to zfs-discuss! :) Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL

Re: [zfs-discuss] solaris - ata over ethernet - zfs - HPC

2007-02-05 Thread Al Hopper
nks: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ata_over_ethernet > http://www.coraid.com/ > http://www.coraid.com/support/solaris/ > > > All comments are welcome. > Thank you, > Kevin > Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 F

Re: [zfs-discuss] status of user delegation

2007-03-16 Thread Al Hopper
d something on the 15 or so OpenSolaris lists I'm subscribed to ... but (at the risk of appearing totally stupid) "was ist das"? > it about a month after the sharetab support is integrated. The sharetab > code is going through final testing now. [1] pseudo German &quo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS memory and swap usage

2007-03-21 Thread Al Hopper
x27;t you state the actual time it takes to "come up"? What is "magic" about 2 minutes? > I was looking at vmstat, and it seems to tell me what I need. It's just > that I need to present the data as simplistically as possible for the > DBA's. > > Raine

Re: [zfs-discuss] File level snapshots in ZFS?

2007-03-29 Thread Al Hopper
quot;changing just few files at a time," so that's a > different case. Let's not try to discuss multiple examples at once :) The OP is long on generalities and short on specifics. Without more specifics, it's hard to provide useful input. ... snip ... Al Hopper Logical A

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Linux

2007-04-12 Thread Al Hopper
l drive adoption and satisfaction. Solaris may be the only > credible competitor Linux has left, which will keep it honest. :) > > --T > > > > > Sincerely yours, Max V. Yudin > > > > _______ > > zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] status of zfs boot netinstall kit

2007-04-12 Thread Al Hopper
e with your logic/decision-making which will only help to maximize a users chances of being successful. > I've attached the README file (as of now) so that anyone > who is interested can get the flavor of what the kit will > contain and how it will be used. Excellent - and again -

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Linux

2007-04-13 Thread Al Hopper
e (legal) use of the CDDL license. Suns patent grant has nothing to do with any other license. > 2. If GPL code can't use those patented algorithms, will you please > provide list of ZFS-related patents? RAID-Z and LZJB are most obvious > technologies which may be patent protected. T

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Linux

2007-04-13 Thread Al Hopper
e must also be GPLed; I have no say in the matter. Contrast > > this to > > the CDDL: provided the license I choose for my files is compatible > > with the > > CDDL, I can license my code however I like. Unlike the GPL, my > > code does > > NOT have to CDDLed, an

Re: [zfs-discuss] Motley group of discs?

2007-05-04 Thread Al Hopper
0Gb/s Hard Drive Not being familiar with Macs - I'm not sure about your availability of SATA ports on the motherboard. [1] it continues to amaze me that many sites, large or small, don't have a (written) policy for mechanical component replacement - whether disk drives or fans. [2] $151 a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Motley group of discs?

2007-05-04 Thread Al Hopper
sh list, please ... a PCI-Express based version of the SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 8-port Marvell based disk controller card. Sun ... are you listening? > - mike > > > On 5/4/07, Al Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 4 May 2007, Lee Fyock wrote: > > > > &g

Re: [zfs-discuss] Will this work?

2007-05-10 Thread Al Hopper
covery if enough parity is available) Yes. See Richard Ellings' excellent blog titled "ZFS, copies, and data protection", where one picture is truely worth 1,000 words. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2

Re: [Fwd: Re: [zfs-discuss] Will this work?]

2007-05-11 Thread Al Hopper
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Sophia Li wrote: > >>>> Original Message > >>>>On 5/10/07, Al Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> My personal opinion is that USB is not robust enough under (Open)Solaris >

Re: [zfs-discuss] Lots of overhead with ZFS - what am I doing wrong?

2007-05-14 Thread Al Hopper
me > only 35MB/s!?. I am getting basically the same result whether it is > single zfs drive, mirror or a stripe (I am testing with two Seagate > 7200.10 320G drives hanging off the same interface card). Which interface card? ... snip Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Lots of overhead with ZFS - what am I doing wrong?

2007-05-14 Thread Al Hopper
performance-wise. But, it could be just my > setup, so I would appreciate more data points. > Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OG

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Lots of overhead with ZFS - what am I doing wrong?

2007-05-14 Thread Al Hopper
> to see the raw performance of underlying hardware. Regards, Al Hopper ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs root: legacy mount or not?

2007-05-25 Thread Al Hopper
ehavioral warts" will only become more obvious and annoying. [1] quite probably because they *need* ZFS! [2] with ref to Jeff Bonwicks' observation that filesystems tend to be around for decades Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[zfs-discuss] ZFS boot and SXCE build 64a

2007-05-25 Thread Al Hopper
Hi Lori, Are there any changes to build 64a that will affect ZFS bootability? Will the conversion script for build 62 still do its magic? Thanks, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs root: legacy mount or not?

2007-05-26 Thread Al Hopper
m knew what it was mounted and it needed to be told again? :) The filesystem "service" should know what to mount where and trigger mount points would be the only ones in existance, initially. An enthusiastic +1 As usual, Casper sees the big picture! Regards, Al Hopper Logical Appr

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + ISCSI + LINUX QUESTIONS

2007-05-31 Thread Al Hopper
efore the 'tar cvf' (of around 40Mb of data) completed successfully. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.openso

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + ISCSI + LINUX QUESTIONS

2007-05-31 Thread Al Hopper
argets to be able to repair. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/communi

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thoughts on CF/SSDs [was: ZFS - Use h/w raid or not?Thoughts.Considerations.]

2007-06-03 Thread Al Hopper
generally do small, random writes. If we get 15 random write iops at 128kBytes, then it is more reasonable. Has anyone been able to get a sample Sandisk to evaluate? Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezo

[zfs-discuss] si3124 controller problem and fix (fwd)

2007-06-07 Thread Al Hopper
the bug, devised and tested a fix, and passed the required changes upstream. I got his permission to forward our email exchange to this list. PS: will send a separate copy of this email to storage-discuss. Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice

Re: [zfs-discuss] Announcing NexentaCP(b65) with ZFS/Boot integrated installer

2007-06-07 Thread Al Hopper
Network-type installations via main or third-party APTs (NEW). First "unstable" b65-based ISO with ZFS/Boot-capable installer available as usual at: http://www.gnusolaris.org/unstable-iso/ncp_beta1-test1-b65_i386.iso ... snip Now also available on www.genunix.org Regards, Al Hoppe

Re: [zfs-discuss] si3124 controller problem and fix (fwd)

2007-06-07 Thread Al Hopper
e. http://www.dansketcher.com/2006/12/09/solaris-sata-chipsets-i-can-run-zsf-with/Sil3124 driver can be persuaded to work with Sil3132 cards with change in /etc/driver_aliases. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Ti

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X "Leopard" to use ZFS

2007-06-08 Thread Al Hopper
s than Microsoft :-( Perhaps when they're at 95% market share. Please - this thread is only diverging with each post and is already _way_ off topic. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs and 2530 jbod

2007-06-13 Thread Al Hopper
7;t have to be supported. and practically speaking, I expect that it would just work. Is there any chance you could arm-twist someone into running a quick test? Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Ti

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs and 2530 jbod

2007-06-13 Thread Al Hopper
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, James C. McPherson wrote: Al Hopper wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, James C. McPherson wrote: Robert Milkowski wrote: ... JCM> As far as I understand it, I do not think that a plain JCM> jbod version of the ST2530 is supported. I believe that JCM> a jbod attach

Re: Karma Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Best use of 4 drives?

2007-06-17 Thread Al Hopper
tly configured P182 build here: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/cases/antec-p182/4/ Downsides: - relatively expensive - comes with no power supply - physically large Upsides: - great cooling - allows building a quiet, office friendly, system Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach In

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