[zfs-discuss] Solaris HDD crash, Restore?

2007-09-04 Thread christopher
First time user of Solaris and ZFS I have Solaris 10 installed on the primary IDE drive of my motherboard. I also have a 4 disc RAIDZ setup on my sata connections. I setup up a successful 1.5TB ZFS server with all discs operational. Well ... I was trying out something new and I borked my

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-09-26 Thread Christopher
ot that hard to admin) - Would I be able to join the two RAIDz together for one BIG volume altogether? And it will survive one disk failure? /Christopher This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-09-27 Thread Christopher
Hmm.. Thanks for the input. I want to have the most space but still need a raid in some way to have redundancy. I've added it up and found this: ggendel - your suggestiong makes me "loose" 1TB - Loose 250GBx2 for the raid-1 ones and then 500GB from a 3x500GB = 1TB bonwick - your first suggestion

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-09-28 Thread Christopher
I'm new to the list so this is probably a noob question: Are this forum part of a mailinglist or something? I keep getting some answers to my posts in this thread on email as well as some here, but it seems that those answers/posts on email aren't posted on this forum..?? Or do I just get a copy

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-10-03 Thread Christopher
Would the nv_sata driver also be used on nforce 590 sli? I found Asus M2N32 WS PRO at my hw shop which has 9 internal sata connectors. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opens

[zfs-discuss] VFSTAB mounting for ProFTPD

2007-10-07 Thread christopher
I have ProFTPD successfully installed and running, though I would like to virtually mount some directory's from my ZFS configurations. In a previous ProFTPD install on Ubuntu, I had in my /etc/fstab directory an entry like this: /HDD ID/directory /home/FTP-shared/information vfat bind 0 0 Thou

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-11-12 Thread Christopher
I went ahead and bought a M9N-Sli motherboard with 6 sata controllers and also a promise tx4 (4x sata300 non-raid) pci controller. Anyone know if the tx4 is suppoerted in OpenSolaris? If it's as badly supported as the (crappy) Sil chipsets i'm better of with OpenFiler (linux) I think. This m

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

2010-04-03 Thread Christopher George
ers well. We are actively designing our soon to be available support plans. Your voice will be heard, please email directly at for requests, comments and/or questions. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD best practices

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher George
. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] SSD best practices

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher George
and an overwhelming attention to detail. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] SSD best practices

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher George
market. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] SSD best practices

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher George
to/from removable media. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] zfs destroy -f and dataset is busy?

2010-05-05 Thread Christopher Harrison
We have a pair of opensolaris systems running snv_124. Our main zpool 'z' is running ZFS pool version 18. Problem: #zfs destroy -f z/Users/harri...@zfs-auto-snap:daily-2010-04-09-00:00 cannot destroy 'z/Users/harri...@zfs-auto-snap:daily-2010-04-09-00:00': dataset is busy I have tried: Un

Re: [zfs-discuss] ssd pool + ssd cache ?

2010-06-07 Thread Christopher George
> No Slogs as I haven't seen a compliant SSD drive yet. As the architect of the DDRdrive X1, I can state categorically the X1 correctly implements the SCSI Synchronize Cache (flush cache) command. Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensol

Re: [zfs-discuss] ssd pool + ssd cache ?

2010-06-07 Thread Christopher George
SSDs that fully comply with the POSIX requirements for synchronous write transactions and do not lose transactions on a host power failure, we are competitively priced at $1,995 SRP. Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSDs adequate ZIL devices?

2010-06-15 Thread Christopher George
as not power protecting on-board volatile caches. As the X25-E does implement the ATA FLUSH CACHE command, but does not have the required power protection to avoid transaction (data) loss. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from op

Re: [zfs-discuss] High-Performance ZFS (2000MB/s+)

2010-06-16 Thread Christopher George
. The same principles and benefits of multi-core processing apply here with multiple controllers. The performance potential of NVRAM based SSDs dictates moving away from a single/separate HBA based controller. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message

Re: [zfs-discuss] How does zil work

2010-07-21 Thread Christopher George
Here is another very recent blog post from ConstantThinking: http://constantin.glez.de/blog/2010/07/solaris-zfs-synchronous-writes-and-zil-explained Very well done, a highly recommended read. Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best usage of SSD-disk in ZFS system

2010-08-09 Thread Christopher George
are a ZIL accelerator well matched to the 24/7 demands of enterprise use. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.open

[zfs-discuss] How many TLDs should you have?

2009-12-01 Thread Christopher White
All, We're going to start testing ZFS and I had a question about Top Level Devices (TLDs). In Sun's class, they specifically said not to use more than 9 TLDs due to performance concerns. Our storage admins make LUNs roughly 15G in size -- so how would we make a large pool (1TB) if we're limited

Re: [zfs-discuss] How many TLDs should you have?

2009-12-01 Thread Christopher White
been updated for RAIDZ-3 yet, but you > will get some ideas about how to configure a redundant configuration > of many disks, here: > > http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Configuration_Guide > > See ZFS Configuration Example (x4500 with raidz2) > > Cindy

Re: [zfs-discuss] How many TLDs should you have?

2009-12-01 Thread Christopher White
Bob - thanks, that makes sense. The classroom book refers to "top-level virtual devices," and were referred to as TLDs throughout the class (Top-Level Devices). As you noted, those are either the base LUN, mirror, raidz, or raidz2. So there's no limit to the number of TLDs/vdevs we can have, the

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

2010-01-13 Thread Christopher George
advancement of Open Storage and explore the far-reaching potential of ZFS based Hybrid Storage Pools? If so, please send an inquiry to "zfs at ddrdrive dot com". The drive for speed, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com *** Special thanks goes out to SUN employees Garrett D'

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

2010-01-13 Thread Christopher George
ovides an optional (user configured) backup/restore feature. Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] New ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) device available - Beta program now open!

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher George
r HBA's which do require a x4 or x8 PCIe connection. Very appreciative of the feedback! Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mai

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

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher George
oduct cannot be supported by any of the BBUs currently found on RAID controllers. It would require either a substantial increase in energy density or a decrease in packaging volume both of which incur additional risks. > Interesting product though! Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www

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

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher George
because it is a proven and industry standard method of enterprise class data backup. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://m

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

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher George
ree to disagree. I respect your point of view, and do agree strongly that Li-Ion batteries play a critical and highly valued role in many industries. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

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

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher George
t for the DC jack to be unpopulated so that an internal power source could be utilized. We will make this modification available to any customer who asks. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

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

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher George
> Personally I'd say it's a must. Most DC's I operate in wouldn't tolerate > having a card separately wired from the chassis power. May I ask the list, if this is a hard requirement for anyone else? Please email me directly "cgeorge at ddrdrive dot com". Th

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

2010-01-19 Thread Christopher George
rs (non-clustered) an additional option. Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Any HP Servers recommendation for Openindiana (Capacity Server) ?

2012-01-03 Thread Christopher Hearn
On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote: > Hello. > > I'm planing to replace my old Apple XRAID, and XSAN Filesystem(1.4.2) Fiber > environment. > This setup only hosted a AFP,CIFS for a large advertising agency. > Now that Fiber is damn expensive and for one thing, we do not ne

Re: [zfs-discuss] what have you been buying for slog and l2arc?

2012-08-06 Thread Christopher George
rotection" at: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/ssd-320-series-power-loss-data-protection-brief.html Intel's brief also clears up a prior controversy of what types of data are actually cached, per the brief it's both user and system data! Best regards, Christophe

Re: [zfs-discuss] what have you been buying for slog and l2arc?

2012-08-06 Thread Christopher George
? Yes! Customers using Illumos derived distros make-up a good portion of our customer base. Thanks, Christopher George www.ddrdrive.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] what have you been buying for slog and l2arc?

2012-08-06 Thread Christopher George
ta" to mean the SSD's internal meta data... I'm curious, any other interpretations? Thanks, Chris ---- Christopher George cgeorge at ddrdrive.com http://www.ddrdrive.com/ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] what have you been buying for slog and l2arc?

2012-08-06 Thread Christopher George
ing more than to continue to design and offer our unique ZIL accelerators as an alternative to Flash only SSDs and hopefully help (in some small way) the success of ZFS. Thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts! The drive for speed, Chris ---- Christopher Geor

Re: [zfs-discuss] what have you been buying for slog and l2arc?

2012-08-07 Thread Christopher George
we target (enterprise customers). The beauty of ZFS is the flexibility of it's implementation. By supporting multiple log device types and configurations it ultimately enables a broad range of performance capabilities! Best regards, Chris -- C

Re: [zfs-discuss] all in one server

2012-09-18 Thread Christopher Hearn
On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> I'm currently thinking about rolling a variant of >> >> http://www.napp-it.org/napp-it/all-in-one/index_en.html >> >> with remote backup (via snapshot and send) to 2-3 >> other (HP N40L-based)

Re: [zfs-discuss] all in one server

2012-09-18 Thread Hearn, Christopher
On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: I'm currently thinking about rolling a variant of http://www.napp-it.org/napp-it/all-in-one/index_en.html with remote backup (via snapshot and send) to 2-3 other (HP N40L-based) zfs boxes for produc

Re: [zfs-discuss] maczfs / ZEVO

2013-02-15 Thread Hearn, Christopher
On Feb 15, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) mailto:opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com>> wrote: Anybody using maczfs / ZEVO? Have good or bad things to say, in terms of reliability, performance, features? My main reason for asking is

Re: [zfs-discuss] 4k block alignment question (X-25E)

2010-08-30 Thread Christopher George
SSD does *not* suffer the same fate, as its performance is not bound by or vary with partition (mis)alignment. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-di

Re: [zfs-discuss] 4k block alignment question (X-25E)

2010-08-31 Thread Christopher George
en though we delineate the storage media used depending on host power condition. The X1 exclusively uses DRAM for all IO processing (host is on) and then Flash for permanent non-volatility (host is off). Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from op

Re: [zfs-discuss] Bursty writes - why?

2010-10-12 Thread Christopher George
nt (or aggregate) write pattern trends to random. Over 50% random with a pool containing just 5 filesystems. This makes intuitive sense knowing each filesystem has it's own ZIL and they all share the dedicated log (ZIL Accelerator). Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.d

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any opinoins on these SSD's?

2010-11-11 Thread Christopher George
> Any opinions? stories? other models I missed? I was a speaker at the recent OpenStorage Summit, my presentation "ZIL Accelerator: DRAM or Flash?" might be of interest: http://www.ddrdrive.com/zil_accelerator.pdf Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com --

Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ RevoDrive ZFS support

2010-11-25 Thread Christopher George
1 Express! Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Ext. UPS-backed SATA SSD ZIL?

2010-11-27 Thread Christopher George
IOPS / $1,995) = 19.40 Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Ext. UPS-backed SATA SSD ZIL?

2010-11-27 Thread Christopher George
the hour time-limit. The reason the graphs are done in a time line fashion is so you look at any point in the 1 hour series to see how each device performs. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from o

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ext. UPS-backed SATA SSD ZIL?

2010-11-27 Thread Christopher George
> TRIM was putback in July... You're telling me it didn't make it into S11 > Express? Without top level ZFS TRIM support, SATA Framework (sata.c) support has no bearing on this discussion. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This mes

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ext. UPS-backed SATA SSD ZIL?

2010-11-27 Thread Christopher George
is drive inactivity has no effect on the eventual outcome. So with either a bursty or sustained workload the end result is always the same, dramatic write IOPS degradation after unpackaging or secure erase of the tested Flash based SSDs. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ext. UPS-backed SATA SSD ZIL?

2010-11-27 Thread Christopher George
he size of the resultant binaries? Thanks, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-22 Thread Christopher George
are valid, the resulting degradation will vary depending on the controller used. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-22 Thread Christopher George
e. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-22 Thread Christopher George
> got it attached to a UPS with very conservative shut-down timing. Or > are there other host failures aside from power a ZIL would be > vulnerable too (system hard-locks?)? Correct, a system hard-lock is another example... Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com

Re: [zfs-discuss] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-22 Thread Christopher George
y" than sync=disabled. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-22 Thread Christopher George
ng to perform a Secure Erase every hour, day, or even week really be the most cost effective use of an administrators time? Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailin

Re: [zfs-discuss] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-22 Thread Christopher George
g in a larger context: http://www.oug.org/files/presentations/zfszilsynchronicity.pdf Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensol

Re: [zfs-discuss] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-23 Thread Christopher George
Above excerpts written by a OCZ employed thread moderator (Tony). Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Looking for 3.5" SSD for ZIL

2010-12-23 Thread Christopher George
aster, > assuming that cache disabled on a rotating drive is roughly 100 > IOPS with queueing), that it'll still provide a huge performance boost > when used as a ZIL in their system. I agree 100%. I never intended to insinuate otherwise :-) Best regards, Christopher George Fou

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS/NFS benchmarking - is this normal?

2011-01-11 Thread Christopher George
ing.com/Home/scripts-and-programs-1/zilstat Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] Lower latency ZIL Option?: SSD behind Controller BB Write Cache

2011-01-26 Thread Christopher George
SATA cable, see slides 15-17. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- 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] ZFS and TRIM

2011-02-04 Thread Christopher George
is immune to TRIM support status and thus unaffected. Actually, TRIM support would only add unnecessary overhead to the DDRdrive X1's device driver. Best regards, Christopher George Founder/CTO www.ddrdrive.com -- This message posted from o

Re: [zfs-discuss] Separate Log Devices

2011-06-07 Thread Christopher George
slice instead of the entire device will automatically disable the on-board write cache. Christopher George Founder / CTO http://www.ddrdrive.com/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://m

[zfs-discuss] Zpool mishap

2008-11-13 Thread Christopher May
Evening all, I'm new to Solaris but after drooling over zfs for ages I finally took the plunge. First off I had 2x1Tb hdd in raid1 XFS format using mdadm, so using a opensolaris vm image I transfered one side of the mirror to the other in zfs. (using rsync and it took 3days!) So with a 1 disk

[zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-23 Thread Christopher Mera
about this I'd love to hear them! Thanks, Christopher Mera ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-23 Thread Christopher Mera
d9f61e94 genunix:lookupnameat+52 (807b51c, 0, 1, 0, d) d9f61ef4 genunix:cstatat_getvp+15d (ffd19553, 807b51c, ) d9f61f54 genunix:cstatat64+68 (ffd19553, 807b51c, ) d9f61f84 genunix:stat64+1c (807b51c, 8047b50, 8) From: lori@sun.com [mailto:lori@sun.com] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:17 PM To: C

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Mera
Either way - it would be ideal to quiesce the system before a snapshot anyway, no? My next question now is what particular steps would be recommended to quiesce a system for the clone/zfs stream that I'm looking to achieve... All your help is appreciated. Regards, Christopher

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Mera
Thanks for your responses.. Brent: And I'd have to do that for every system that I'd want to clone? There must be a simpler way.. perhaps I'm missing something. Regards, Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.openso

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Mera
How is it that flash archives can avoid these headaches? Ultimately I'm doing this to clone ZFS root systems because at the moment Flash Archives are UFS only. -Original Message- From: Brent Jones [mailto:br...@servuhome.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:49 PM To: Christ

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Mera
Chris From: lori@sun.com [mailto:lori@sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:13 PM To: Christopher Mera Cc: Brent Jones; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption On 02/24/09 12:57, Christopher Mera wrote: How is it that f

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Mera
ment then boots fine. -Original Message- From: Nicolas Williams [mailto:nicolas.willi...@sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:43 PM To: Christopher Mera Cc: lori@sun.com; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs streams & data corruption On Mon, Feb 23,

[zfs-discuss] Importing zpool after one side of mirror was destroyed

2009-04-07 Thread Christopher West
x/g' whole_disk=0 children[1] type='disk' id=1 guid= path='/dev/dsk/c2d0s6' devid='id1,c...@xxx/g' whole_disk=0 < --- The remain

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Gibbs
___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Gibbs
L PROTECTED],0 Specify disk (enter its number): Since they are labeled as "pci-ide" is it safe to assume they are using the ide/ata driver? If so, is there a performance gain when using a sata driver? On 5/21/07, Carson Gaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher Gibbs wrote: >

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and IBM's TSM

2007-07-10 Thread Christopher Gibbs
We use TSM to backup our Messaging Server mailstores on ZFS. Tomas is right though, the TSM client doesn't recognize ZFS so whichever method you use, you just have to specify the path manually. We kick it off with cron but Tomas' method looks a little nicer. - Chris On 7/9/07, Tomas Ögren <[EMAI

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-08-06 Thread Christopher Gibbs
__ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- Christopher Gibbs Email / LDAP Administrator Web Integration & Programming Abilene Christian University ___ zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-08-06 Thread Christopher Gibbs
ct_id=139# On 8/6/07, Christopher Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No idea... mine are all 250GB and the only thing I could find on it is > this blurb from their product description: > "Breaks the 137GB barrier! Supports various brands of large capacity > Serial AT

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-09-05 Thread Christopher Gibbs
__ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- Christopher Gibbs Email / LDAP Administrator Web Integration & Programming Abilene Christian University

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-09-06 Thread Christopher Gibbs
> http://www.pcsilenzioso.it/forum/showthread.php?t=2397 > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > --

[zfs-discuss] Mixing SATA & PATA Drives

2007-09-14 Thread Christopher Gibbs
I suspect it's probably not a good idea but I was wondering if someone could clarify the details. I have 4 250G SATA(150) disks and 1 250G PATA(133) disk. Would it cause problems if I created a raidz1 pool across all 5 drives? I know the PATA drive is slower so would it slow the access across th

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

2007-09-17 Thread Christopher Gibbs
ning success. > > - Eric > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:22:40PM -0500, Christopher Gibbs wrote: > > Anyone? > > > > On 9/14/07, Christopher Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I suspect it's probably not a good idea but I was wondering if someone

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

2007-09-17 Thread Christopher Gibbs
Anyone? On 9/14/07, Christopher Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect it's probably not a good idea but I was wondering if someone > could clarify the details. > > I have 4 250G SATA(150) disks and 1 250G PATA(133) disk. Would it > cause problems if I created

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-09-27 Thread Christopher Gibbs
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[zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Gorski
Hi, I'm running snv_78 on a dual-core 64-bit x86 system with 2 500GB usb drives mirrored into one pool. I did this (intending to set the rdonly flag after I copy my data): zfs create pond/read-only mkdir /pond/read-only/copytest cp -rp /pond/photos/* /pond/read-only/copytest/ After the copy is c

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Gorski
s michael schuster wrote: > Christopher Gorski wrote: >> Hi, I'm running snv_78 on a dual-core 64-bit x86 system with 2 500GB usb >> drives mirrored into one pool. >> >> I did this (intending to set the rdonly flag after I copy my data): >> >> zfs cr

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Gorski
/copytestsame The original samba copy from another PC to /pond/photos copied everything correctly. -Chris Christopher Gorski wrote: > I'm missing actual files. > > I did this a second time, with the exact same result. It appears that > the missing files in each copy are the s

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Gorski
t; On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:06:13PM -0500, Christopher Gorski wrote: >> I'm missing actual files. >> >>> Christopher Gorski wrote: >>>> zfs create pond/read-only >>>> mkdir /pond/read-only/copytest >>>> cp -rp /pond/photos/* /pond

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Gorski
Nicolas Williams wrote: > Are there so many files that the glob expansion results in too large an > argument list for cp? There are only four subdirs in /pond/photos: # ls /pond/photos 2006-02-15 2006-06-09 2007-12-20 unsorted ___ zfs-discuss maili

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Gorski
michael schuster wrote: > > I assume you've assured that there's enough space in /pond ... > > can you try > > $(cd pond/photos; tar cf - *) | (cd /pond/copytestsame; tar xf -) I tried it, and it worked. The new tree is an exact copy of the old one. -Chris ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-25 Thread Christopher Gorski
Christopher Gorski wrote: > "unsorted/photosbackup/laptopd600/[D]/cag2b/eujpg/103-0398_IMG.JPG" is a > file that is always missing in the new tree. Oops, I meant: "unsorted/drive-452a/[E]/drive/archives/seconddisk_20nov2002/eujpg/103-0398_IMG.JPG" is alwa

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-25 Thread Christopher Gorski
Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello Christopher, > > Friday, January 25, 2008, 5:37:58 AM, you wrote: > > CG> michael schuster wrote: >>> I assume you've assured that there's enough space in /pond ... >>> >>> can you try >>> &g

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-29 Thread Christopher Gorski
Robert Milkowski wrote: > > > As Joerg suggested - please check getdents() - remember to use truss > -v getdents so you should see all directory listings. > > I would check both getdents and open - so if it appears in getdents > but is not opened later on... > > I ran the copy procedure with

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-29 Thread Christopher Gorski
Christopher Gorski wrote: > Robert Milkowski wrote: >> >> As Joerg suggested - please check getdents() - remember to use truss >> -v getdents so you should see all directory listings. >> >> I would check both getdents and open - so if it appears in getde

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-29 Thread Christopher Gorski
Christopher Gorski wrote: > Christopher Gorski wrote: >> Robert Milkowski wrote: >>> As Joerg suggested - please check getdents() - remember to use truss >>> -v getdents so you should see all directory listings. >>> >>> I would check both get

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-29 Thread Christopher Gorski
Carson Gaspar wrote: > Christopher Gorski wrote: > >> I noticed that the first calls in the "cp" and "ls" to getdents() return >> similar file lists, with the same values. >> >> However, in the "ls", it makes a second call to getde

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-30 Thread Christopher Gorski
Joerg Schilling wrote: > "Will Murnane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Jan 30, 2008 1:34 AM, Carson Gaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> If this is Sun's cp, file a bug. It's failing to notice that it didn't >>> provide a large enough buffer to getdents(), so it only got partial results. >>>

Re: [zfs-discuss] missing files on copy

2008-01-31 Thread Christopher Gorski
nov2002/eujpg and # ls /tmp/pond/testdir/pond/photos/unsorted/drive-452a/\[E\]/drive/archives/seconddisk_20nov2002/eujpg 103-0398_IMG.JPG and other files should be missing. I filed a bug report, but I can't find the link to it. This seems to work on zfs or ufs. - -- Christopher Gorski

[zfs-discuss] Memory Corruption

2008-02-02 Thread Christopher Gorski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If a machine has very obvious memory corruption due to bad ram, is there anything beyond scrub that can verify the integrity of a pool? Am I correct in assuming that scrub will fix checksum errors, but not metadata errors? - -- Christopher Gorski

[zfs-discuss] Spare Won't Remove

2008-02-13 Thread Christopher Gibbs
I have a hot spare that was part of my zpool but is no longer connected to the system. I can run the zpool remove command and it returns fine but doesn't seem to do anything. I have tried adding and removing spares that are connected to the system and works properly. Is zpool remove failing becaus

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is the ZFS GUI in open Solaris ?

2008-02-14 Thread Christopher Gibbs
It should be there... try starting the webconsole service. On 2/14/08, Tim Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I just loaded up opensolaris on an X4500 (Thumper) and tried to connect to > the ZFS GUI (https://x:6789)...and it is not there. > > Is this not part of Open Solaris...or do

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is the ZFS GUI in open Solaris ?

2008-02-14 Thread Christopher Gibbs
By default the webconsole only listens locally but it looks like you've already set it to listen to external TCP requests. Whenever I've changed this property I had to do a full disable and then enable for the change to take effect. Might be worth a try. : ) On 2/14/08, Michael Schuster <[EMAIL P

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