Re: [zfs-discuss] Oracle to no longer support ZFS on OpenSolaris?

2010-04-20 Thread Sean Sprague
Tonmaus, you talking about and to whom were you responding? My intention was a response to the OP, which I guess from what I am seeing in the jive forum, happened as well. Indeed, my concern was the broken link in the first post which would be simple to fix if intended. That not being the cas

Re: [zfs-discuss] Oracle to no longer support ZFS on OpenSolaris?

2010-04-20 Thread Sean Sprague
Khyron, Finally, Michael S. made the best recommendation...talk to your sales rep if you're a paying customer. ... but don't expect any commitments or generic answer from them at the moment. I do however congratulate quoting Mr. Harman in your .sig ;-) Regards... Sean. ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-25 Thread Sean Sprague
Bob, On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Joerg Schilling wrote: and what uname -s reports. It will surely report "OrkOS". For OpenSolaris, "OracOS" - surely there must be Blakes 7 fans in Oracle Corp.? I am glad to be able to contribute positively and constructively to this discussion. Metoo ;-) ..

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool status and format/kernel disagree about root disk

2010-08-27 Thread Sean Sprague
Rainer, devfsadm -C alone didn't make a difference, but clearing out /dev/*dsk and running devfsadm -Cv did help. I am glad it helped; but removing anything from /dev/*dsk is a kludge that cannot be accepted/condoned/supported. Regards... Sean. __

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedup and L2ARC memory requirements (again)

2011-04-30 Thread Sean Sprague
: xvm-4200m2-02 ; I can do the echo | mdb -k. But what is that : xvm-4200 command? My guess is that is a very odd shell prompt ;-) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-d

Re: [zfs-discuss] GUI support for ZFS root?

2008-08-13 Thread Sean Sprague
Mario, >> Latest BeleniX OpenSolaris uses the Caiman installer so it may be >> worth installing it just to see what it is like. I installed it under >> VirtualBox yesterday. Installing using "whole disk" did not work with >> VirtualBox but the suggested default partitioning did work. >>

Re: [zfs-discuss] eWeek: corrupt file brought down FAA's antiquated IT system

2008-09-06 Thread Sean Sprague
Tim, > And let this be a lesson to all of you not to write code that is too > good. If you can't sell an "update" (patch) every 6 months, you'll be > out of business as well :D Updates are generally functionality enhancements, which may well be chargeable; whereas patches are problem-fixes; w

Re: [zfs-discuss] VERY URGENT Compliance for ZFS

2008-11-10 Thread Sean Sprague
> We require urgent help on the compliance sheet attached for > filesystem ZFS for a USD 20 million storage tender in India. And from where I come from, companies at this stage of the tendering process generally do not wish their details/requirements to be widely publicised. Thus the referenc

Re: [zfs-discuss] Understanding ZFS replication

2009-01-19 Thread Sean Sprague
Z, > Beloved Tim, > You challenged me a while ago, as a friend. > I did what you asked me to do, in the honor of my father. > > Best, > z Please don't post personal stuff like this or links to wikipedia or other ephemera/apocrypha to this/any list unless they are relevant. Thanks... Sean. ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] j4200 drive carriers

2009-01-30 Thread Sean Sprague
Frank, > apparently if you don't order a J4200 with drives, you just get filler > sleds that won't accept a hard drive. (had to look at a parts breakdown > on sunsolve to figure this out -- the docs should simply make this clear.) > > it looks like the sled that will accept a drive is part #570-1

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs and b114 version

2009-05-17 Thread Sean Sprague
Jorgen, http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b114/ This URL makes me think that if I just sit down and figure out how to compile OpenSolaris, I can try b114 now^h^h^h eventually ? I am really eager to try out the new quota support.. has someone already tried compiling it perhaps? How complic

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs and b114 version

2009-05-17 Thread Sean Sprague
The website has not been updated yet to reflect its availability (thus it may not be "official" yet), but you can get SXCE b114 now from https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/viewproductdetail-start?productref=sol-express_b114-full-x86-sp-...@cds-cds_smi

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs and b114 version

2009-05-18 Thread Sean Sprague
Hello Dick, Sean Sprague wrote: There appears to be a minor glitch in /etc/driver_aliases where a spurious line for qlc has appeared in /etc/driver_aliases, but I have it installed and running. What's a spurious line (I'm dutch) and how did you "solve" it? D

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Sean Sprague
Orvar Korvar wrote: In the comments there are several people complaining of loosing data. That doesnt sound to good. It takes a long time to build a good reputation, and 5 minutes to ruin it. We dont want ZFS to loose it's reputation of an uber file system. With due respect, I recommend t

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-18 Thread Sean Sprague
Toby, On 17-Jun-09, at 7:37 AM, Orvar Korvar wrote: Ok, so you mean the comments are mostly FUD and bull shit? Because there are no bug reports from the whiners? Could this be the case? It is mostly FUD? Hmmm...? Having read the thread, I would say "without a doubt". Slashdot was never

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS/WAFL lawsuit

2007-09-06 Thread Sean Sprague
Casper, > Do you have a reference for "all data in RAM most be held". I guess we > need to build COW RAM as well. Is that one of those genetic hybrids? Regards... Sean. BTW: I remember the days when only RAS and CAS kept your data in memory "intact" ;-) ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS recovery tool, intrested?

2007-10-14 Thread Sean Sprague
Samuel, > Having my 700Gb one disk ZFS crashing on me created ample need for a recovery > tool. > > So I spent the weekend creating a tool that lets you list directories and > copy files from any pool on a one disk ZFS filesystem, where for example the > Solaris kernel keeps panicing. > > Is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Some basic questions about getting the best performance for database usage

2008-06-30 Thread Sean Sprague
Christiaan, As ZFS tuning has already been suggested, remember: a) Never tune unless you need to. b) Never tune unless you have an untuned benchmark set of figures to compare against after the system has been tuned - especially in ZFS-land which, whilst it may not be quite there, is designed to

Re: [zfs-discuss] Some basic questions about getting the best performance for database usage

2008-06-30 Thread Sean Sprague
Christiaan, > So right now, I'm not babling about some ZFS tuning setting, but about the > advantages and disadvantages of using ZFS, hardware raid, or a combination of > the two. I never accused you of babbling, I opened my response with "As ZFS tuning has already been suggested"; and gave so

Re: [zfs-discuss] destroy pool by id?

2006-09-27 Thread Sean Sprague
Neel, Is it possible to destroy a pool by ID? I created two pools with the same name, and want to destroy one of them Could you please cut and paste (ie. not re-type) the output from the command "zpool list | col -b", and post it here please? Thanks... Sean. _

Re: [zfs-discuss] CR 6483250 closed: will not fix

2006-11-10 Thread Sean Sprague
Richard! ZFS fans, Recalling our conversation about hot-plug and hot-swap terminology and use, I afraid to say that CR 6483250 has been closed as will-not-fix. No explaination was given. If you feel strongly about this, please open another CR and pile on. *Change Request ID*: 6483250 *Synop