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

2007-01-25 Thread Tim Cook
Thank you lori! Guess I'll take that route :) The final solution is actually a production environment. For now I was going to stage, but it looks like it's not possible at this point in time. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discu

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption -- odd inum?

2007-02-11 Thread Tim Foster
more useful in the future. Hope this helps ? cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] recover user error

2007-03-06 Thread Tim Foster
he case where those blocks aren't referenced by a previous snapshot, in which case the data isn't unreferenced. hope this helps, cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: update on zfs boot support

2007-03-11 Thread Tim Foster
available * ability to use free space on the root pool, making it available for other uses (by setting a reservation on the root filesystem, you can ensure that / always has sufficient available space) - am I missing any others ? cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Micros

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot support for the x86 platform

2007-03-29 Thread Tim Foster
Hi all, On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 14:23 -0700, Lin Ling wrote: > We will make the manual and netinstall instructions available to > non-SWAN folks shortly. > > Tim Foster also has a script to do the set up, wait for his blog. Just put that blog post up - you can find it at http://b

Re: [zfs-discuss] Live Upgrade with zfs root?

2007-03-30 Thread Tim Foster
hey folks, Lori Alt wrote: See Tim Foster's blog for some procedures for doing some LU-like management of bootable datasets: http://blogs.sun.com/timf/entry/zfs_bootable_datasets_happily_rumbling Yep - I'll be working this weekend on updating the previous "mountrootadm.sh

Re: [zfs-discuss] Live Upgrade with zfs root?

2007-03-31 Thread Tim Foster
Hi All, On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:33 +0100, Tim Foster wrote: (replying to myself, I know, I know) > Yep - I'll be working this weekend on updating the previous > "mountrootadm.sh" script that I wrote when the previous ZFS Mountroot > (ufs boot + a quick switcheroo to zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Convert raidz

2007-04-02 Thread Tim Foster
LINE 0 0 0 /tmp/1 ONLINE 0 0 0 /tmp/2 ONLINE 0 0 0 /tmp/3 ONLINE 0 0 0 /tmp/4ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors # cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun M

Re: [zfs-discuss] Convert raidz

2007-04-03 Thread Tim Foster
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 10:54 -0400, Luke Scharf wrote: > Tim Foster wrote: > > You can add a disk to a raidz configuration, but then that makes a pool > > containing 1 raidz + 1 additional disk in a dynamic stripe configuration > > (which ZFS will warn you about, since you

Re: [zfs-discuss] Preferred backup mechanism for ZFS?

2007-04-19 Thread Tim Thomas
archiving application. Rgds Tim Bill Sprouse said the following : On Apr 18, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: Maybe with a definition of what a "backup" is and then some way to achieve it. As far as I know the only real backup is one that can be tossed into a vault and lo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Preferred backup mechanism for ZFS?

2007-04-19 Thread Tim Thomas
backup catalog which can be a drag but the procedures are well defined. There is other stuff that SAM-FS can do such as shared Global File system support in SAN's etc...but I have gone on enough!! Rgds Tim Robert Milkowski said the following : Hello Tim, Thursday, April 19, 200

Re: [zfs-discuss] Preferred backup mechanism for ZFS?

2007-04-20 Thread Tim Thomas
the cluster failed over! I need to go read some white papers on this...but I assume that something like direct I/O (which UFS, VxFS and QFS all have) is in the plans for ZFS so we don't end up double buffering data for apps like databases ? - th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Preferred backup mechanism for ZFS?

2007-04-20 Thread Tim Thomas
My initial reaction is that the world has got by without [email|cellphone| other technology] for a long time ... so not a big deal. Well, I did say I viewed it as an indefensible position :-) Now shall we debate if the world is a better place because of cell phones :-P _

Re: iSCSI target not coming back up (was Fwd: [zfs-discuss] Re: snv63: kernel panic on import)

2007-05-16 Thread tim szeto
Nigel, Was the iSCSI target daemon running and the targets are gone? or did the daemon core repeatedly? How did you created the targets? -tim eric kustarz wrote: Hi Tim, Is the iSCSI target not coming back up after a reboot a known problem? Can you take a look? eric Begin

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot: Now, how can I do a pseudo live upgrade?

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Foster
tely - would love to have the time to play about more with upgrade hacks. cheers, tim On 5/31/07, *Lori Alt* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: zfs-boot crowd: I said I'd try to come up with a procedure for liveup

Re: [zfs-discuss] /dev/random problem after moving to zfs boot:

2007-06-03 Thread Tim Foster
tup your root pool. Not ideal but it should work. cheers, tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot manual setup in b65

2007-06-05 Thread Tim Foster
teps. After that, could you verify that by changing the grub menu entry in //boot/grub/menu.lst ( eg. change the "title" line in the ZFS boot entry, adding some random text) that you see those changes reflected in the menu that grub actually displays ? Let me know if any of these s

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot manual setup in b65

2007-06-05 Thread Tim Foster
Hi Doug, On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 06:45 -0700, Douglas Atique wrote: > Hi, Tim. Thanks for your hints. No problem > Comments on each one follow (marked with "Doug:" and in blue). html mail :-/ > Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a

[zfs-discuss] drive displayed multiple times

2007-06-12 Thread Tim Cook
So I just imported an old zpool onto this new system. The problem would be one drive (c4d0) is showing up twice. First it's displayed as ONLINE, then it's displayed as "UNAVAIL". This is obviously causing a problem as the zpool now thinks it's in a degraded state, even though all drives are t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Importing pool from readonly device? (as in ZFS fun!)

2007-06-14 Thread Tim Foster
changing the pool state nvpair in the vdev_label (if I'm not mistaken - section 1.3.3 in the on-disk format document covers this.) cheers, tim [1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/ondiskformat0822.pdf -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsyste

Re: [zfs-discuss] creating pool on slice which is mounted

2007-06-21 Thread Tim Foster
ou do "zpool create pool <7th slice>" where has a UFS filesystem, and is mounted, it should print an error message, saying that a) there's a filesystem present b) it's mounted - so you need to unmount it, and use the -f flag. cheers, tim In m

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to list pools that are not imported

2007-07-12 Thread Tim Foster
ool list does not seem to be listing those, "zpool import" should show the pools that are available for import - does this help ? cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf _

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_70 -> snv_66: ZPL_VERSION 2, File system version mismatch ....?

2007-07-20 Thread Tim Foster
laris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2007/342/ http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2007/328/ ) cheers, tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot process - where from ZFS knows which pools/datasets should be mounted after OS reboot?

2007-07-26 Thread Tim Foster
r we go on the zpool.cache file. If that file isn't present, you'll need to manually zpool import pools in order for the system to see them. cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] ? ZFS dynamic striping over RAID-Z

2007-08-02 Thread Tim Thomas
ume across multiple h/ware RAID-5 stripes. Thanks Tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Single SAN Lun presented to 4 Hosts

2007-08-26 Thread Tim Thomas
server. This is done over the network and the transfer the actual data blocks is done over the SAN. HTH Tim Rainer J.H. Brandt said the following : Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but anyway: Ronald Kuehn writes: No. You can neither access ZFS nor UFS in that way. Only one host can

Re: [zfs-discuss] Samba with ZFS ACL

2007-08-30 Thread Tim Thomas
gt; > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- Sun Logo <http://www.sun.com> <http://www.sun.com>*Tim Thomas *St

[zfs-discuss] Serious ZFS problems

2007-09-05 Thread Tim Spriggs
ly make a T1000 (Sol1) kernel panic when imported. It will also make an x4100 panic (osol) Any ideas? Thanks in advance. -Tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Serious ZFS problems

2007-09-06 Thread Tim Spriggs
Neil Perrin wrote: > > > Tim Spriggs wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I think I have gained "sufficient fool" status for testing the >> fool-proof-ness of zfs. I have a cluster of T1000 servers running >> Solaris 10 and two x4100's running an Open

Re: [zfs-discuss] Automate Destroying Snapshot's

2007-09-13 Thread Tim Foster
_massacre and I've another one that will also do this for you: http://blogs.sun.com/timf/entry/zfs_automatic_snapshots_0_8 I'm sure there's other scripts floating around, which may be more suited to your requirements but these are a start at least. cheers,

Re: [zfs-discuss] hardware sizing for a zfs-based system?

2007-09-14 Thread Tim Cook
Won't come cheap, but this mobo comes with 6x pci-x slots... should get the job done :) http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE-X.cfm This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opens

Re: [zfs-discuss] PLOGI errors

2007-09-17 Thread Tim Cook
What lead you to the assumption it's ONLY those switches? Just because the patch is ONLY for those switches doesn't mean that the bug is only for them. The reason you only see the patch for 3xxx and newer is because the 2xxx was EOL before the patch was released... FabOS is FabOS, the nature

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mixing SATA & PATA Drives

2007-09-17 Thread Tim Spriggs
I'm far from an expert but my understanding is that the zil is spread across the whole pool by default so in theory the one drive could slow everything down. I don't know what it would mean in this respect to keep the PATA drive as a hot spare though. -Tim Christopher Gibbs wrote

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs snapshot timestamp info

2007-09-18 Thread Tim Spriggs
zfs get creation pool|filesystem|snapshot Poulos, Joe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there a way to find out what the timestamp is of a specific > snapshot? Currently, I have a system with 5 snapshots, and would like > to know the timestamp as to when it was created. Thanks JOr > > This messa

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs snapshot timestamp info

2007-09-18 Thread Tim Spriggs
ny way to determine which snapshot was created > earlier? > > This would be helpful to know in order to predict the effect of a > rollback or promote command. > > Fred Oliver > > > Tim Spriggs wrote: > >> zfs get creation pool|filesystem|snapshot >> >&g

Re: [zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server providing NFSv4/CIFS

2007-09-20 Thread Tim Spriggs
Andy Lubel wrote: > On 9/20/07 3:49 PM, "Paul B. Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Richard Elling wrote: >> >> >> That would also be my preference, but if I were forced to use hardware >> RAID, the additional loss of storage for ZFS redundancy would be painful.

Re: [zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server providing NFSv4/CIFS

2007-09-20 Thread Tim Spriggs
Paul B. Henson wrote: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Tim Spriggs wrote: > > >> We are in a similar situation. It turns out that buying two thumpers is >> cheaper per TB than buying more shelves for an IBM N7600. I don't know >> about power/cooling considerations yet t

Re: [zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server providing NFSv4/CIFS

2007-09-20 Thread Tim Spriggs
as long as the pool is safe... but we've lost multiple pools. -Tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server

2007-09-21 Thread Tim Spriggs
really limits how much faith we can put >> into our data on ZFS. >> It's safe as long as the pool is safe... but we've >> lost multiple pools. >> > > Hello Tim, > did you try SNV60+ or S10U4 ? > > Gino &g

Re: [zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server providing NFSv4/CIFS

2007-09-21 Thread Tim Spriggs
Paul B. Henson wrote: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Tim Spriggs wrote: > > >> The x4500 is very sweet and the only thing stopping us from buying two >> instead of another shelf is the fact that we have lost pools on Sol10u3 >> servers and there is no easy way of making

Re: [zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server providing NFSv4/CIFS

2007-09-21 Thread Tim Spriggs
eric kustarz wrote: > > On Sep 21, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Tim Spriggs wrote: > >> m2# zpool create test mirror iscsi_lun1 iscsi_lun2 >> m2# zpool export test >> m1# zpool import -f test >> m1# reboot >> m2# reboot > > Since I haven't actually looke

Re: [zfs-discuss] device alias

2007-09-25 Thread Tim Spriggs
that information? > How would you ensure that it stayed accurate in > a hotplug world? > If it is stored on the device itself it would keep the description with the same device. In the case of iSCSI, it would be nice to keep lun info instead of having to correlate the drive id to the iqn to the lun, especially when working with luns in one place and drive ids in another. -Tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] device alias

2007-09-26 Thread Tim Spriggs
zdb? Damon Atkins wrote: > ZFS should allow 31+NULL chars for a comment against each disk. > This would work well with the host name string (I assume is max_hostname > 255+NULL) > If a disk fails it should report c6t4908029d0 failed "comment from > disk", it should also remember the comment unt

[zfs-discuss] ZFS automatic backup service - simple backups to USB disks

2007-10-01 Thread Tim Foster
Hi all, I just posted some stuff about a simple ZFS automatic backup service to my blog: http://blogs.sun.com/timf/entry/zfs_automatic_backup_0_1 - all thoughts/comments (and bug reports!) welcome cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris

Re: [zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-05 Thread Tim Spriggs
Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:26:24PM -0700, Jonathan Loran wrote: > >> I can envision a highly optimized, pipelined system, where writes and >> reads pass through checksum, compression, encryption ASICs, that also >> locate data properly on disk. ... >> > > I've a

Re: [zfs-discuss] [osol-help] VFSTAB mounting for ProFTPD

2007-10-07 Thread Tim Foster
ill persist across reboots: # zfs set mountpoint=/ftp/information tank/information Does this do the trick ? cheers, tim [1] though you can still use them if you really want to. This is well documented in the ZFS Administration guide at (pointing to the google c

[zfs-discuss] Some test results: ZFS + SAMBA + Sun Fire X4500 (Thumper)

2007-10-08 Thread Tim Thomas
Hi this may be of interest: http://blogs.sun.com/timthomas/entry/samba_performance_on_sun_fire I appreciate that this is not a frightfully clever set of tests but I needed some throughout numbersand the easiest way to share the results is to blog. Rgds Tim -- *Tim Thomas *Storage

Re: [zfs-discuss] Some test results: ZFS + SAMBA + Sun Fire X4500 (Thumper)

2007-10-09 Thread Tim Thomas
://blogs.sun.com/timthomas/entry/another_samba_test_on_sun What I find nice about Thumper/X4500's is that they behave very predictably..in my experience anyway. Rgds Tim -- Tim Thomas Storage Systems Product Group Sun Microsystems, Inc. Internal Extension:

Re: [zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-13 Thread Tim Spriggs
Would the bootloader have issues here? On x86 I would imagine that you would have to reload grub, would a similar thing need to be done on SPARC? Ivan Wang wrote: >>> Erik Trimble wrote: >>> After both drives are replaced, you will automatically see the >>> additional space. >>> >> I be

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

2007-10-14 Thread Tim Spriggs
Yeah, that would have saved me several weeks ago. Samuel Borgman wrote: > Hi, > > 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 fil

Re: [zfs-discuss] HAMMER

2007-10-17 Thread Tim Spriggs
Jonathan Loran wrote: > Richard Elling wrote: > >> Jonathan Loran wrote: >> > ... > > >> Do not assume that a compressed file system will send compressed. >> IIRC, it >> does not. >> > Let's say, if it were possible to detect the remote compression support, > couldn't we send it

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to have ZFS root with /usr on a separate datapool

2007-10-25 Thread Tim Foster
Hey Kugutsumen, Kugutsumen wrote: > Ref: http://blogs.sun.com/timf/entry/zfs_bootable_datasets_happily_rumbling > Ref: http://mediacast.sun.com/share/timf/zfs-actual-root-install.sh > > This is my errata for Tim Foster's zfs root install script: Thanks for the edits, much app

[zfs-discuss] New versions of ZFS SMF services - snapshots & backups

2007-11-01 Thread Tim Foster
heers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] first public offering of NexentaStor

2007-11-02 Thread Tim Spriggs
u want to be. An example is that Nexenta packs the Sun ssh build but also allows installation of the Debian/Ubuntu build of the openssh package. The Sun ssh is exactly what you expect. One thing that is difficult and not entirely dealt with is upgrading zones to stay in sync with the glo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Response to phantom dd-b post

2007-11-10 Thread Tim Spriggs
Chill. It's a filesystem. If you don't like it, don't use it. Sincere Regards, -Tim can you guess? wrote: >> can you guess? wrote: >> > > ... > > >>> Most of the balance of your post isn't addressed in >>> >&

Re: [zfs-discuss] Response to phantom dd-b post

2007-11-11 Thread Tim Cook
No, you aren't cool, and no it isn't about zfs or your interest in it. It was clear from the get-go that netapp was paying you to troll any discussion on it, and to that end you've succeeded. Unfortunately you've done nothing but make yourself look like a pompous arrogant ass in every forum yo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Response to phantom dd-b post

2007-11-11 Thread Tim Spriggs
In the previous and current responses, you seem quite determined of others misconceptions. Given that fact and the first paragraph of your response below, I think you can figure out why nobody on this list will reply to you again. can you guess? wrote: >> No, you aren't cool, and no it isn't a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intent Log removal

2007-11-12 Thread Tim Spriggs
Cyril Plisko wrote: > On Nov 12, 2007 5:51 PM, Neelakanth Nadgir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You could always replace this device by another one of same, or >> bigger size using zpool replace. >> > > Indeed. Provided that I always have an unused device of same or > bigger size, which i

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create ZFS pool ?

2007-11-14 Thread Tim Spriggs
or all you really need to know to use them. Once you have found the new disk you can simply: zpool create pool c1t0d1 Let me know if you still find trouble. Thanks, -Tim Boris Derzhavets wrote: > I was able to create second Solaris partition by running > > #fdisk /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0p0 >

Re: [zfs-discuss] pls discontinue troll bait was: Yager on ZFS and ZFS

2007-11-17 Thread Tim Spriggs
Rich Teer wrote: > I should know better than to reply to a troll, but I can't let this > personal attack stand. I know Al, and I can tell you for a fact that > he is *far* from "technically incompentent". > > Judging from the length of your diatribe (which I didn't bother reading), > you seem to

Re: [zfs-discuss] pls discontinue troll bait was: Yager on ZFS and

2007-11-18 Thread Tim Cook
You've been trolling from the get-go and continue to do so. First it's "I have the magical fix", which wasn't a fix at all. You claim to want to better the project, then claim you can't be bothered because you don't really care. You rant and rave about how this is so much like wafl from a tech

Re: [zfs-discuss] pls discontinue troll bait (hold on!)

2007-11-18 Thread Tim Cook
Which would be great if there were any merit to what he spews. It's unfortunate if you're wasting your time reading the rants, you'd be much better off reading the zfs manual if you need more in-depth explanation of the technology... This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] pls discontinue troll bait was: Yager on ZFS and

2007-11-18 Thread Tim Cook
The only sad part is it's clear one or two people were fooled into believe there's any merit to your trolling. Grow up. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mai

Re: [zfs-discuss] pls discontinue troll bait was: Yager on ZFS and

2007-11-18 Thread Tim Cook
Big talk from someone who seems so intent on hiding their credentials. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] reslivering

2007-11-19 Thread Tim Cook
So... issues with reslivering yet again. This is ~3TB pool. I have one raid-z of 5 500GB disks, and a second pool of 3 300GB disks. One of the 300GB disks failed, so I have replaced the drive. After doing the resliver, it takes approximately 5 minutes for it to complete 68.05% of the reslive

Re: [zfs-discuss] reslivering

2007-11-19 Thread Tim Cook
After messing around... who knows what's going on with it now. Finally rebooted because I was sick of it hanging. After that, this is what it came back with: root:=> zpool status pool: fserv state: DEGRADED status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will c

Re: [zfs-discuss] reslivering

2007-11-19 Thread Tim Cook
That locked up pretty quickly as well, one more reboot and this is what I'm seeing now: root:=> zpool status pool: fserv state: DEGRADED status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will continue to function, possibly in a degraded state. action: Wait for the re

Re: [zfs-discuss] [desktop-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

2007-11-20 Thread Tim Foster
ctory is being either backed up, and/or included in snapshots. cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] which would be faster

2007-11-20 Thread Tim Cook
So I have 8 drives total. 5x500GB seagate 7200.10 3x300GB seagate 7200.10 I'm trying to decide, would I be better off just creating two separate pools? pool1 = 5x500gb raidz pool2= 3x300gb raidz or would I be better off creating one large pool, with two raid sets? I'm trying to figure out if

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

2007-11-22 Thread Tim Foster
ng to find a cleaner way than http://blogs.sun.com/timf/entry/zfs_on_your_desktop to tie the client and server sides together. cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf

[zfs-discuss] cifs server?

2007-11-22 Thread Tim Cook
So now that cifs has finally been released in b77, anyone happen to have any documentation on setup. I know the initial share is relatively simple... but what is the process after that for actually getting users authenticated? I see in the idmap service there's some configurations for authenti

Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs server?

2007-11-22 Thread Tim Cook
so apparently you need to use smbadm, but when I got to create the group: smbadm create wheel failed to create the group (NOT_SUPPORTED) This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.ope

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-05 Thread Tim Spriggs
can you guess? wrote: > he isn't being > >> paid by NetApp.. think bigger >> > > O frabjous day! Yet *another* self-professed psychic, but one whose internal > voices offer different counsel. > > While I don't have to be psychic myself to know that they're *all* wrong > (that's an adva

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-05 Thread Tim Cook
That would require coming up with something solid. Much like his generalization that there's already snapshotting and checksumming that exists for linux. yet when he was called out, he responded with a 20 page rant because there doesn't exist such a solution. It's far easier to condescend wh

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-05 Thread Tim Cook
Literacy has nothing to do with the glaringly obvious BS you keep spewing. Rather than answer a question, which couldn't be answered, because you were full of it, you tried to convince us all he really didn't know what he wanted. The assumption sure made an a$$ out of someone, but you should

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS write time performance question

2007-12-05 Thread Tim Cook
what firmware revision are you at? 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] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-05 Thread Tim Cook
> Actually, it's central to the issue: if you were > capable of understanding what I've been talking about > (or at least sufficiently humble to recognize the > depths of your ignorance), you'd stop polluting this > forum with posts lacking any technical content > whatsoever. I don't speak "full

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-06 Thread Tim Cook
Whoever coined that phrase must've been wrong, it should definitely be "By billtodd you've got it". This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-dis

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-06 Thread Tim Cook
For the same reason he won't respond to Jone, and can't answer the original question. He's not trying to help this list out at all, or come up with any real answers. He's just here to troll. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-06 Thread Tim Cook
> As I explained, there are eminently acceptable > alternatives to ZFS from any objective standpoint. > So name these mystery alternatives that come anywhere close to the protection, functionality, and ease of use that zfs provides. You keep talking about how they exist, yet can't seem to come

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-06 Thread Tim Cook
STILL haven't given us a list of these filesystems you say match what zfs does. STILL coming back with long winded responses with no content whatsoever to try to divert the topic at hand. And STILL making incorrect assumptions. This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-07 Thread Tim Cook
> You have me at a disadvantage here, because I'm not > even a Unix (let alone Solaris and Linux) aficionado. > But don't Linux snapshots in conjunction with rsync > (leaving aside other possibilities that I've never > heard of) provide rather similar capabilities (e.g., > incremental backup or re-

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-07 Thread Tim Cook
> If you ever progress beyond counting on your fingers > you might (with a lot of coaching from someone who > actually cares about your intellectual development) > be able to follow Anton's recent explanation of this > (given that the higher-level overviews which I've > provided apparently flew com

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mail system errors (On Topic).

2007-12-08 Thread Tim Spriggs
Yet another prime example. can you guess? wrote: >> Please see below for an example. >> > > Ah - I see that you'd rather be part of the problem than part of the > solution. Perhaps you're also one of those knuckle-draggers who believes > that a woman with the temerity to leave her home af

Re: [zfs-discuss] Seperate ZIL

2007-12-08 Thread Tim Cook
> > http://www.itovernight.com/store/comersus_viewItem.asp > ?idProduct=866720 > Fly by night from the looks of it. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/IToverNight $140 looks like bottom dollar from anywhere reputable (which is more in line with what I would expect). http://castle.pricew

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-12 Thread Tim Spriggs
Look, it's obvious this guy talks about himself as if he is the person he is addressing. Please stop taking this personally and feeding the troll. can you guess? wrote: >> Bill - I don't think there's a point in continuing >> that discussion. >> > > I think you've finally found something u

Re: [zfs-discuss] Auto backup and auto restore of ZFS via Firewire drive

2007-12-13 Thread Tim Foster
Hi there, On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 02:17 -0800, Ross wrote: > This may not be the best place to ask this, but I'm so new to Solaris > I really don't know anywhere better. If anybody can suggest a better > forum I'm all ears :) You could have just mailed me :-) >

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding external USB disks

2007-12-13 Thread Tim Foster
ing anything useful when I insert a disk with a pool on it. Does anyone know whether these should be working now ? I'm not a hal expert... > I've glanced at Tim Foster's autobackup and related scripts, and they're > all about being triggered by the plug connection being

Re: [zfs-discuss] hardware for zfs home storage

2008-01-14 Thread Tim Cook
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=AOC-SAT2MV&c=fr&pid=84b59337aa4414aa488fdf95dfd0de1a1e2a21528d6d2fbf89732c9ed77b72a4 ^^that was the best price I could find when looking 6 months ago. Dunno if that's changed since. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] hardware for zfs home storage

2008-01-14 Thread Tim Cook
www.mozy.com appears to have unlimited backups for 4.95 a month. Hard to beat that. And they're owned by EMC now so you know they aren't going anywhere anytime soon. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] hardware for zfs home storage

2008-01-14 Thread Tim Cook
http://rsync.net/ $1.60 per month per G (no experience) ^^how does that compete with 4.95/month for all you can store? At 1.60/G, I dunno about most people here, but I'd be broke real quick :D As for personal, mine's all 4+1. I have the luxury of working for a storage reseller so backups

Re: [zfs-discuss] hardware for zfs home storage

2008-01-14 Thread Tim Cook
Another free.99 option if you have the extra hardware lying around is boxbackup. http://www.boxbackup.org/ I haven't used it personally, but heard good things. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensol

Re: [zfs-discuss] hardware for zfs home storage

2008-01-14 Thread Tim Cook
Speaking of which, I'm somewhat surprised sun hasn't done similar with zfs and thumpers. You would think they would want some sort of ultimate showcase that way :D Drinking the koolaid and such :) This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-d

[zfs-discuss] Updated ZFS Automatic Snapshot Service - version 0.10.

2008-01-22 Thread Tim Foster
al (and perhaps integrates more neatly with the rest of ZFS) ? Otherwise, should I start filling in an ARC one-pager template or is this sort of utility something that's better left to sysadmins to implement themselves, rather than baking it into the OS ? cheers,

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Home NAS - Configuration & Questions

2008-01-24 Thread Tim Cook
Marcus: I'm currently running the asus K8N-LR, and it works wonderfully. Not only do the onboard ports work, but it also has multiple pci-x slots. I'm running an opteron 165 (dual core) cpu with it. It's cheap, and fast. http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=39&l3=263&l4=0&model=1023&mode

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Home NAS - Configuration & Questions

2008-01-24 Thread Tim Cook
Oh, one thing. The only downside is the onboard gigE interfaces are the broadcom pci-e based nic's. They unfortunately do not support jumbo frames. I doubt this will be an issue for you if it's just a home NAS. In my setup I've pushed 50MB/sec over nfs and the server was barely breathing.

[zfs-discuss] ? Removing a disk from a ZFS Storage Pool

2008-01-28 Thread Tim Thomas
status of this ? Thanks Tim -- Tim Thomas Staff Engineer Storage Systems Product Group Sun Microsystems, Inc. Internal Extension: x(70)18097 Office Direct Dial: +44-161-905-8097 Mobile: +44-7802-212-209 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://blogs.sun.com

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing a mirror

2008-01-29 Thread Tim Spriggs
Mike Gerdts wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 5:55 PM, Andrew Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Having attached new bigger disks to a mirror, and detached all the older >> smaller disks, how to I tell ZFS to expand the size of the mirror to >> match that of the bigger disks? I had a look through th

[zfs-discuss] Draft one-pager for zfs-auto-snapshots

2008-02-04 Thread Tim Foster
by me. [ just thought I'd ask ] cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops http://blogs.sun.com/timf Template Version: @(#)onepager.txt 1.31 07/08/08 SMI [ timf note: this is still a Draft, last updated 02/04/2008 using the templ

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool destroy core dumps with unavailable iscsi device

2008-02-07 Thread Tim Foster
get rid of this pool? Yep, here's one way: zpool export other pools on the system, then delete /etc/zfs/zpool.cache, reboot the machine then do a zpool import for each of the other pools you want to keep. cheers, tim -- Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Sol

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