[zfs-discuss] Several questions concerning ZFS

2009-01-12 Thread Simon
C DMX, and 52G for HDS USP V,100G for HDS AMS as LUN size,the filesystem over LUNs is UFS. Any reply are much appreciated,thanks in advance. Best Rgds, Simon ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/lis

[zfs-discuss] How to bind the oracle 9i data file to zfs volumes

2007-04-12 Thread Simon
283,99000 Apr 7 22:51 controlfile01_200m It's a individual character device file,not the link file,this is the difference between zfs volume and vxvm volume. Please help to provide solution,any helps are much appreciated ! Best Regards, Simon __

[zfs-discuss] How to bind the oracle 9i data file to zfs volumes

2007-04-12 Thread Simon
283,99000 Apr 7 22:51 controlfile01_200m It's a individual character device file,not the link file,this is the difference between zfs volume and vxvm volume. Please help to provide solution,any helps are much appreciated ! Best Regards, Simon __

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to bind the oracle 9i data file to zfs volumes

2007-04-12 Thread Simon
ed at leat 409600KB on /devices,You have only 0KB available." The errors are pretty same with before. So,does mean this is oracle bug ? Or it's impossible(or inappropriate) to use ZFS/SVM volumes to create oracle data file,instead,should use zfs or ufs filesystem to do this. Thanks. Regards, S

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to bind the oracle 9i data file to zfs volumes

2007-04-13 Thread Simon
for, and will not work. Right ? Thanks. Regards, Simon On 4/13/07, Peter Ondruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, it could be that Oracle cannot write to those devices. What permissions do you have on devices/pseudo...? On 13.4.2007, at 7:30, Simon wrote: > Mark, > > Thanks

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to bind the oracle 9i data file to zfs volumes

2007-04-18 Thread Simon
dev/zvol/rdsk/ora_pool/undotbs1_01_4000m /dev/zvol/rdsk/ora_pool/index01_4000m /dev/zvol/rdsk/ora_pool/tools_1000m /dev/zvol/rdsk/ora_pool/users01_4000m SQL> create table aa ( a1 varchar(10)); Table created. SQL> insert into aa values ('aa'); 1 row created. SQL> commit; Commit co

[zfs-discuss] zfs lost function

2007-05-09 Thread Simon
ort - core dumped # seems that the 'zfs' not function well,How to fix it? TIA. Rgds, Simon ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Re: zfs lost function

2007-05-09 Thread Simon
Brothers, I've fixed the issue by reconfigure the system device tree as: # devfsadm -Cv Some new devices were added,and then zfs works fine. Thanks for your kind attention. Rgds, Simon On 5/10/07, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gurus, My fresh installed Solaris 10 U3 c

Re: [zfs-discuss] What's the advantage of using multiple filesystems in a

2010-03-03 Thread Simon Breden
/home-fileserver-zfs-file-systems/ http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ You'll also find stuff on snapshots, backups there too. Hope this helps :) Cheers, Simon -- 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] How to verify ecc for ram is active and enabled?

2010-03-03 Thread Simon Breden
SMB_BIOSXB1_LS120 (LS-120 boot is supported) SMB_BIOSXB1_ATZIP (ATAPI ZIP drive boot is supported) Characteristics Extension Byte 2: 0x5 SMB_BIOSXB2_BBOOT (BIOS Boot Specification supported) SMB_BIOSXB2_ETCDIST (Enable Targeted Content Distrib.) Version Number: 0.0 Embedded Ctlr Firmware

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to verify ecc for ram is active and enabled?

2010-03-03 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks Miles, I'll take a look. Cheers, Simon -- 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] Best practice for full stystem backup - equivelent of ufsdump/ufsrestor

2010-05-05 Thread Simon Breden
error occurring within the sent stream, but sending to a file system instead will fix this aspect, and you may still find the rest of use. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Zfs disk device name

2010-06-17 Thread Simon Gao
disk. Is this epxected? If I want to use the same device name, should I first unconfigure the device and then reconfigure it after replacing faulty disk? Is assigning device controllable? I am running Solaris 10 U7. Appreicate your help. Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs disk device name

2010-06-17 Thread Simon Gao
position, only former command is needed. This is not true in my case. The document should give warning or list exception such as this case. Again thanks for your help. Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

[zfs-discuss] Seriously degraded SAS multipathing performance

2010-06-21 Thread Josh Simon
--||-PID--|", # scsi-vhci-failover-override = # "STK FLEXLINE 400", "f_asym_lsi", # "SUN T4", "f_tpgs", # "CME XIRTEMMYS", &q

Re: [zfs-discuss] COMSTAR ISCSI - configuration export/import

2010-06-29 Thread Josh Simon
connection to COMSTAR is simply wrong and not true anymore. ----end quote from thread Josh Simon On 06/29/2010 08:10 AM, Preston Connors wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 08:58 +0200, Bruno Sousa wrote: Hmm...that easy? ;) Thanks for the tip, i will see if that works out. Bruno

Re: [zfs-discuss] Use of blocksize (-b) during zfs zvol create, poor performance

2010-06-29 Thread Josh Simon
Have you tried creating tank/bkp without the -s option. I believe I read somewhere that the -s option can lead to poor performance on larger volumes (which doesn't make sense to me). Also are you using a zil/log device? Josh Simon On 06/29/2010 09:33 AM, Effrem Norwood wrote: Hi Al

[zfs-discuss] Find out file changes by comparing snapshots?

2009-10-02 Thread Simon Gao
Hi, Is there a way or script that helps to find out what files have changed by comparing two snapshots? Thanks, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-16 Thread Simon Breden
-awful-performance/m-p/5242 (WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 awful performance) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-16 Thread Simon Breden
Which drive model/revision number are you using? I presume you are using the 4-platter version: WD15EADS-00R6B0, but perhaps I am wrong. Also did you run WDTLER.EXE on the drives first, to hasten error reporting times? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-17 Thread Simon Breden
Good to hear about the Samsungs working for you. Which model/revision are you using? I think your cautious method of not trusting drives, and making an initial trial mirror is a good one, and I might well do what you've done for the next batch I buy. I also use RAID-Z2 vdevs and it feels a lot

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-18 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks. Newegg shows quite a good customer rating for that drive: 70% rated it with 5 stars, and 11% with four stars, with 240 ratings. Seems like some people have complained about them sleeping - presumable to save power, although others report they don't, so I'll need to look into that more.

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HT

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Breden
e AOC-USAS2-L8e model looks to be ideal. If we're lucky maybe it's also a little cheaper too. Sorry I can't help you with your questions though. Hopefully someone else will be able to help. I will also be interested to hear any further info on this card. Cheers, Simon http://breden

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Breden
I see also that Samsung have very recently released the HD203WI 2TB 4-platter model. It seems to have good customer ratings so far at newegg.com, but currently there are only 13 reviews so it's a bit early to tell if it's reliable. Has anyone tried this model with ZFS? Cheers, S

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Breden
by spindown/power-saving features of the drives, which might cause a long delay before data is accessible again after spin-up, but this is just a guess. For now, I am looking at the 1.5TB Samsung HD154UI (revision 1AG01118 ?), or possibly the 2TB Samsung HD203WI when more user ratings a

[zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller ?

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Does anyone know if the current OpenSolaris mpt driver supports the recent LSI SAS2008 controller? This controller/ASIC is used in the next generation SAS-2 6Gbps PCIe cards from LSI and SuperMicro etc, e.g.: 1. SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8e and the AOC-USAS2-L8i 2. LSI SAS 9211-8i Cheers, Simon

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HT

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
That looks promising. As the main thing here is that OpenSolaris supports the LSI SAS2008 controller, I have created a new post to ask for confirmation of driver support -- see here: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=122156&tstart=0 Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/0

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
e to the mpt driver which I'm currently using for my LSI 1068-based AOC-USAS-L8i card? (in the default IT mode) It might be hard to answer that one, but I thought I'd ask anyway, as it would make choosing new kit for OpenSolaris + ZFS a bit easier. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/200

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
ers try it, and if it works, I buy it ;-) Thanks a lot. Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- 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] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
2TB drives... and if it's possible to set the error reporting time then these will be my next purchase. They have quite good user ratings at newegg.com... If WD lose money over this, they might rethink their strategy. Until then, bye bye WD. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/20

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Ouch. Was that on the original 2009.06 vanilla install, or a later updated build? Hopefully a lot of the original bugs have been fixed by now, or soon will be. Has anyone got any "from the trenches" experience of using the mpt_sas driver? Any comments? Cheers, Simon http://breden.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks! Yep, I was about to buy six or so WD15EADS or WD15EARS drives, but it looks like I will not be ordering them now. The bad news is that after looking at the Samsungs it too seems that they have no way of changing the error reporting time in the 'desktop' drives. I hope I'm wrong though.

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Breden
age stack, relating to the storage array's repsonsiveness, 'some time' could be 'mucho time' if you're unlucky. And to summarise, you don't see any point in spending a high premium on RAID-edition drives if using with ZFS, yes? And also, you don't think that u

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Breden
ards, which use the mr_sas driver). As far as I'm aware, the standard mpt driver is used for the card I already own, the LSI SAS1068E-based AOC-USAS-L8i etc. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2009/05/01/home-fileserver-a-year-in-zfs/ -- This message posted from openso

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
? 2. Does having shorter error reporting times provide any significant data safety through, for example, preventing ZFS from kicking a drive from a vdev? Those are the questions I would like to hear somebody give an authoritative answer to. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserv

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
I just took a look at customer feedback on this drive here. 36% rate with one star, which I would consider alarming. Take a look here, ordered from lowest rating to highest rating. Note the recency of the comments and the descriptions: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=22-14

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
In general I agree completely with what you are saying. Making reliable large capacity drives does appear to have become very difficult for the drive manufacturers, judging by the many sad comments from drive buyers listed on popular, highly-trafficked sales outlets' websites, like newegg. And

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
be fairly easy to (1) automate NAS snapshots and then (2) automate zfs sends of the incremental differences between snapshots, but I don't want to spend the money on electricity for that. And when buying drives every few years, I always try to take advantage of Moore's law. Cheers,

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Bob, Why do you consider that model a good drive? Why do you like to use mirrors instead of something like RAID-Z2 / RAID-Z3? And how many drives do you (recommend to) use within each mirror vdev? Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
whether you'd have enough time/luck to survive the required two resilvers is debateable. With mirrors though, I suppose resilver time would be quicker. I expect you would have some insightful comments in this area. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ --

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
How does a previously highly rated drive that costed >$100 suddenly become substandard when it costs <$100 ? I can think of possible reasons, but they might not be printable here ;-) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message poste

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
help preserve ROI on drive purchases -- even, no especially, for home users. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HT

2010-01-24 Thread Simon Breden
> Thank you for the effort Simon. Thank you too Dusan, for creating this post that made me aware of this new card -- it looks like a good one, and doesn't have the unnecessary RAID stuff included :) > Good to know from the feedback in your thread that the mpt_sas(7d) driver is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
> much. > -- richard As a home user, not running 24/7, replacing a problematic drive manually is not a problem. My main concern would be not to lose the whole array due to additional failing drives during the recovery process. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fil

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
g. > > Be sure to mark any failed drive using a > sledgehammer so that you don't > > accidentally use it again by mistake. Again, humour alert from Bob :) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
e all your data if 2 drives die in any of your mirrors. So another option could be to use 3-way mirrors with all of your new drives. So many options... :) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
consider using 3 way mirrors instead of 2 as this gives extra protection. > Ooh, looks like there's lots of interesting detail > there, too. Yes, I documented most of my ZFS discoveries there so others can hopefully benefit from my headaches :) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- 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] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
e drives quoted to be good for? As the revision '00P8B0' was the one quoted in the initial post's WDC / Synology links, I would appreciate any further reliability / problem feedback you have regarding using these drives in a RAID array. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
Good news. Are those the HD154UI models? Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
ependable regular backups which employ redundancy in the backup pool, then you don't need to be so paranoid about your main storage pool, although I personally prefer to have double parity. Extra insurance is a good thing :) > Actually, if I move the boot disks somewhere and have &g

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
afety through, for > example, preventing ZFS from kicking a drive from a > vdev? > > On Solaris, ZFS doesn't kick out drives, FMA does. Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at those links to gain a better understanding of when a drive gets kicked. Cheers, Simon http://br

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
he pool contents to the new NAS 3. use the old box as a backup machine containing as many old drives as you've got in a RAID-Z1 or RAID-Z2 vdev(s) so that you make efficient use of the capacity available in these 400GB drives. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
> this sounds convincing to fetishists of an ordered > world where > egg-laying mammals do not exist, but it's utter > rubbish. Very insightful! :) > As drives go bad they return errors frequently, and... Yep, so have good regular backups, and move quickly once probs start.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
hey refuse to see that, thinking that all drives are the same and they will all fail one day anyway... Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mail

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-26 Thread Simon Breden
this minimises the vibrations transferred between drives via the chassis. In turn I would expect that this greatly reduces errors related to high vibration levels when reading and writing: less vertical head movement, leading to less variation in write signal strength. Cheers, Simon http://breden.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-27 Thread Simon Breden
). Sounds like your larger case will probably need the 50cm version. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org htt

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-27 Thread Simon Breden
> On 1/25/2010 6:23 PM, Simon Breden wrote: > > By mixing randomly purchased drives of unknown > quality, people are > > taking unnecessary chances. But often, they refuse > to see that, > > thinking that all drives are the same and they will > all fail one day >

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Breden
(WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 awful performance) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- 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] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Breden
(WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 awful performance) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- 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] Best practice for setting ACL

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Breden
I don't have a lot of time to help here, but this post of mine might possibly help with ACLs: http://breden.org.uk/2009/05/10/home-fileserver-zfs-file-systems/ Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing lis

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
and act as a video client. Looks good. Add a USB infra-red receiver dongle and remote control and you’re set! See here for more info: http://xbmc.org/blittan/2009/10/12/asrock-ion-330/ Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
are more expensive than an ION-based box. ION can play HD apparently. And what about Plex? I think it's a fork of XBMC. Does it have the same level of development support as XBMC? Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
WD and other drive manufacturers to increase media format efficiencies, thus enabling larger drive capacities. (WDxxEARS and WDAARS models only)" I saw some discussion of performance and alignment, but it was in relation to Linux, perhaps it doesn't relate to Solaris?: http://www.gos

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
Yep, you're right, the topic was media server build :) Cheers, Simon -- 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] Media server build

2010-01-30 Thread Simon Breden
Good to hear someone else confirming the greatness of this ION platform for an HTPC. BTW, how do you keep all those drives quiet? Do you use a lot of silicone grommets on the drive screws, or some other form of vibration damping? Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
So far, I'm inclined to think that the Samsung HD154UI 1.5TB, and possibly the Samsung HD203WI 2TB drives might be the most reliable choices at the moment, based on the data in that thread and checking user reports. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
;are listed in the first post of the thread below, and refer to the 1.5TB model >(WD15EADS), but might also be applicable to the WD20EADS model too. http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=121871 Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
So I expect your drives are spinning down to save power as they are Green series drives. But if this spindown is causing odd things to happen you could see if it's possible to increase the spindown time with WDIDLE3.EXE. Let us know if you get any news back from WD. Cheers, Simon -- Th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
The thing that puts me off the 7K2000 is that it is a 5 platter model. The latest 2TB drives use 4 x 500GB platters. A bit less noise, vibration and heat, in theory :) And the latest 1.5TB drives use only 3 x 500GB platters. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
the WDTLER.EXE utility :) Cheers, Simon -- 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] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
periencing with some of the green low power drives. Cheers, Simon -- 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] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
to check a bit more to see what's really the case. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensola

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
r issues with > firmware bugs or similar than to a systematic issue, > doesn't it? I'm not sure. Cheers, Simon -- 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] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
Probably 6 in a RAID-Z2 vdev. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] permissions

2012-02-10 Thread Simon Casady
I have a file that I can't delete, change permissions or owner. ls -v does not show any acl's on the file not even those for normal unix rw etc. permissions from ls -l show -rwx-- chmod gived an error of not owner for the owner !! and for root just says can't change or not owner depending on t

[zfs-discuss] lost pool metadata

2012-09-14 Thread Simon Casady
Gremlins in my machine have deleted most of the pool metadata and I need to know if it is possible to recover. Setup is 8 disks in an external enclosure configured as raidz2 attached to a macpro running openindiana under vmware fusion. This has worked fine for a number of months with the only cave

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris 11 System Reboots Continuously Because of a ZFS-Related Panic (7191375)

2012-12-27 Thread Josh Simon
od idea to me! Hopefully this nasty bug is fixed soon :( Thanks, Josh Simon On 12/12/2012 1:21 PM, Jamie Krier wrote: I've hit this bug on four of my Solaris 11 servers. Looking for anyone else who has seen it, as well as comments/speculation on cause. This bug is pretty bad. If you ar

Re: [zfs-discuss] drive speeds etc

2010-09-28 Thread Simon Breden
Regarding vdevs and mixing WD Green drives with other drives, you might find it interesting that WD itself does not recommend them for 'business critical' RAID use - this quoted from the WD20EARS page here (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=773): Desktop / Consumer RAID Envir

Re: [zfs-discuss] drive speeds etc

2010-09-28 Thread Simon Breden
IIRC the currently available WD Caviar Black models no longer enable TLER to be set. For WD drives, to have TLER capability you will need to buy their enterprise models like REx models which cost mucho $$$. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] drive speeds etc

2010-09-28 Thread Simon Breden
> described problems with WD aren't okay for > non-critical > evelopment/backup/home use either. Indeed. I don't use WD drives for RAID any longer. > The statement > from WD is nothing > but an attempt to upsell you, to differentiate the > market so they can > tap into the demand curve at multi

[zfs-discuss] Migrating to an aclmode-less world

2010-09-29 Thread Simon Breden
ome/fred/projects Cheers, Simon -- 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] Migrating to an aclmode-less world

2010-10-04 Thread Simon Breden
Any ideas anyone? -- 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] Migrating to an aclmode-less world

2010-10-05 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Cindy, That sounds very reassuring. Thanks a lot. Simon -- 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] TLER and ZFS

2010-10-06 Thread Simon Breden
ive/thread.jspa?threadID=121871&tstart=0 http://breden.org.uk/2009/05/01/home-fileserver-a-year-in-zfs/#drives http://jmlittle.blogspot.com/2010/03/wd-caviar-green-drives-and-zfs.html Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ z

[zfs-discuss] vdev failure -> pool loss ?

2010-10-17 Thread Simon Breden
I would just like to confirm or not whether a vdev failure would lead to failure of the whole pool or not. For example, if I created a pool from two RAID-Z2 vdevs, and three drives fail within the first vdev, is all the data within the whole pool unrecoverable? -- This message posted from opens

Re: [zfs-discuss] vdev failure -> pool loss ?

2010-10-17 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks Ian. Another example: Would you lose all pool data if you had two vdevs: (1) a RAID-Z2 vdev and (2) a two drive mirror vdev, and three drives in the RAID-Z2 vdev failed? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing li

Re: [zfs-discuss] vdev failure -> pool loss ?

2010-10-18 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks Freddie, that's pretty clear. Cheers, Simon -- 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] vdev failure -> pool loss ?

2010-10-18 Thread Simon Breden
So are we all agreed then, that a vdev failure will cause pool loss ? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Should Intel X25-E not be used with a SAS Expander?

2011-06-02 Thread Josh Simon
? This seems to be a very common drive people deploy in ZFS pools. Thanks, Josh Simon ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Should Intel X25-E not be used with a SAS Expander?

2011-06-02 Thread Josh Simon
e sync commands, you'll really wish you had spent the extra cash up front. Really." and http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-on-sata-expanders.html This sounds like it will affect a lot of people since so many are using SATA SSD for their log devices connected to SAS expanders.

[zfs-discuss] question about COW and snapshots

2011-06-14 Thread Simon Walter
ZFS seems the most stable and ready for use. However, is the above possible? Or how is it possible? Is there a better way of doing this? Other filesystems? Thanks for ideas and suggestions, Simon ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-dis

Re: [zfs-discuss] question about COW and snapshots

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/15/2011 12:56 PM, Richard Elling wrote: So now my (ignorant) question: can ZFS make a snapshot every time it's written to? I hope not, that would suck most heinously. Can all writes be available as snapshots so all previous "versions" are available? That would suck worse. Why would

Re: [zfs-discuss] question about COW and snapshots

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Walter
Thanks for the comments. So ZFS alone cannot do what I'd like. In linux there Gamin. Or there is also a kernel patch which gives you /proc/fschanges. I could monitor this file for changes and take a snapshot when a change occurs or under certain circumstances. However, the Linux COW type FS ar

Re: [zfs-discuss] question about COW and snapshots

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/15/2011 07:45 PM, Simon Walter wrote: Thanks for the comments. So ZFS alone cannot do what I'd like. In linux there Gamin. Or there is also a kernel patch which gives you /proc/fschanges. I could monitor this file for changes and take a snapshot when a change occurs or under ce

Re: [zfs-discuss] question about COW and snapshots

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/15/2011 09:01 PM, Toby Thain wrote: I know I've certainly had many situations where people wanted to snapshot or rev individual files everytime they're modified. As I said - perfect example is Google Docs. Yes it is useful. But no, it's not what ZFS does. Exactly versions of a whole fil

Re: [zfs-discuss] question about COW and snapshots

2011-06-16 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/16/2011 09:09 AM, Erik Trimble wrote: We had a similar discussion a couple of years ago here, under the title "A Versioning FS". Look through the archives for the full discussion. The jist is that application-level versioning (and consistency) is completely orthogonal to filesystem-leve

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Fragmentation issue - examining the ZIL

2011-08-01 Thread Josh Simon
was kind of odd that Oracle would direct us to a blog, but the post is very thorough. Thanks, Josh Simon ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] ZFS / Question

2008-10-27 Thread Simon Bonilla
Hi Team, We have a customer who wants to implement the following architecture: - Solaris 10 - Sun Cluster 3.2 - Oracle RAC The customer wants to use file system instead of raw partitions Question: - Is ZFS supported in Sun Cluster 3.2? Sincerely, SB

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS / Question

2008-10-27 Thread Simon Bonilla
Hi Richard, Thank you very much for your quick response. SB Richard Elling wrote: > Simon Bonilla wrote: >> >> Hi Team, >> >> We have a customer who wants to implement the following architecture: >> >> - Solaris 10 >> >> - Sun Cluster 3.2 &g

[zfs-discuss] Recover ZFS pool

2008-11-12 Thread Simon Gao
NLINE 0 0 0 c2t11d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 spares c2t12d0AVAIL c2t13d0AVAIL "zpool online" command does not work since no pool is available. Any suggestions what I should to do to bring the pool back? Simon -- This

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