On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 02:02:13PM -0700, Richard Elling wrote:
> Joseph Mocker wrote:
> >Richard Elling wrote:
> >>The problem is that there are at least 3 knobs to turn (space, RAS, and
> >>performance) and they all interact with each other.
> >
> >Good point. then how about something more like
> >
> >   zpool bench raidz favor space disk1 ... diskN
> >   zpool bench raidz favor performance disk1 .. diskN
> >
> >That is, tell the analyzer which knob you are most interested in.
> 
> I wish it was that easy.  If I optimize for space, I'll always get a big,
> fat RAID-0.  If I optimize for RAS, I'll get multi paned (N-way) mirror.
> The tool has to be able to handle the spectrum in between those extremes.

Look closer at the format of that command:

zpool bench *RAIDZ* blah....

RAID-0 isn't an option, find the best parameters for what is specified,
in this case we are constrained to RAIDZ.

-brian
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