Following up with some more information here: This is the output of "iostat -xen 30"
extended device statistics ---- errors --- r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b s/w h/w trn tot device 296.8 2.9 36640.2 7.5 7.8 2.0 26.1 6.6 99 99 0 0 0 0 c7d0 296.7 2.5 36618.1 7.5 7.8 2.0 26.1 6.6 99 99 0 0 0 0 c7d1 952.0 2.6 36689.6 7.1 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.8 26 46 0 0 0 0 c8d1 0.0 1.7 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 10.7 13.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 c9d0 963.7 2.8 36712.4 6.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 24 43 0 84 0 84 c9d1 0.0 1.7 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 c4t15d0 1000.9 3.7 36605.0 6.9 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 3 39 0 0 0 0 c4t16d0 1000.7 4.1 36579.6 7.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 4 37 0 0 0 0 c4t17d0 extended device statistics ---- errors --- r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b s/w h/w trn tot device 302.6 5.4 36937.5 156.3 7.7 2.0 24.9 6.4 98 99 0 0 0 0 c7d0 303.1 5.4 36879.0 156.2 7.7 2.0 24.8 6.4 98 99 0 0 0 0 c7d1 961.4 5.8 36974.3 155.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 26 47 0 0 0 0 c8d1 0.0 3.5 0.0 22.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 9.5 1 2 0 0 0 0 c9d0 961.1 5.5 37044.0 154.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 26 45 0 84 0 84 c9d1 0.0 3.4 0.0 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 c4t15d0 998.1 7.1 36995.6 155.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 3 40 0 0 0 0 c4t16d0 996.8 7.2 36954.1 156.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 4 37 0 0 0 0 c4t17d0 extended device statistics ---- errors --- r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b s/w h/w trn tot device 296.0 3.4 36583.8 155.5 7.8 2.0 26.0 6.6 99 99 0 0 0 0 c7d0 296.3 3.3 36538.6 155.5 7.8 2.0 25.9 6.6 99 99 0 0 0 0 c7d1 920.5 3.4 36649.7 155.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 29 49 0 0 0 0 c8d1 0.0 1.8 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 10.6 11.4 1 1 0 0 0 0 c9d0 948.9 3.3 36689.5 154.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 25 44 0 84 0 84 c9d1 0.0 1.8 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 c4t15d0 974.0 3.8 36643.4 154.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 4 41 0 0 0 0 c4t16d0 976.8 3.8 36634.6 155.6 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 4 38 0 0 0 0 c4t17d0 extended device statistics ---- errors --- r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b s/w h/w trn tot device 301.3 3.6 37353.6 151.9 7.8 2.0 25.5 6.5 99 99 0 0 0 0 c7d0 301.5 3.5 37340.0 151.8 7.8 2.0 25.4 6.5 99 99 0 0 0 0 c7d1 979.5 3.4 37466.4 151.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 24 45 0 0 0 0 c8d1 0.0 1.7 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 12.4 13.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 c9d0 995.8 3.4 37456.7 151.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 23 43 0 84 0 84 c9d1 0.0 1.8 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 c4t15d0 1022.7 4.0 37410.8 151.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 3 38 0 0 0 0 c4t16d0 1020.1 4.4 37473.8 152.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 4 38 0 0 0 0 c4t17d0 I looked at it for a while and the number of errors is not increasing.. I think that may have stemmed from when I was testing hot-plugging of the drive and disconnected it at one point. The -xen helped me determine that it was disks c7d0 and c7d1 that were slower. I then tried to look at the cache settings in format: pfexec format -e Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c4t15d0 <DEFAULT cyl 19454 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /p...@0,0/pci1002,5...@3/pci1014,3...@0/s...@f,0 1. c4t16d0 <ATA-SAMSUNG HD103SJ-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci1002,5...@3/pci1014,3...@0/s...@10,0 2. c4t17d0 <ATA-SAMSUNG HD103SJ-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci1002,5...@3/pci1014,3...@0/s...@11,0 3. c7d0 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40807-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@11/i...@0/c...@0,0 4. c7d1 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40807-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@11/i...@0/c...@1,0 5. c8d1 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40807-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@11/i...@1/c...@1,0 6. c9d0 <DEFAULT cyl 19454 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /p...@0,0/pci-...@14,1/i...@1/c...@0,0 7. c9d1 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40806-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@14,1/i...@1/c...@1,0 If I look at c4t1d0, everything is how I expect it to be: Specify disk (enter its number): 2 selecting c4t17d0 [disk formatted] /dev/dsk/c4t17d0s0 is part of active ZFS pool tank. Please see zpool(1M). FORMAT MENU: disk - select a disk type - select (define) a disk type partition - select (define) a partition table current - describe the current disk format - format and analyze the disk fdisk - run the fdisk program repair - repair a defective sector label - write label to the disk analyze - surface analysis defect - defect list management backup - search for backup labels verify - read and display labels inquiry - show vendor, product and revision scsi - independent SCSI mode selects cache - enable, disable or query SCSI disk cache volname - set 8-character volume name !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return quit format> cache CACHE MENU: write_cache - display or modify write cache settings read_cache - display or modify read cache settings !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return quit cache> write WRITE_CACHE MENU: display - display current setting of write cache enable - enable write cache disable - disable write cache !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return quit write_cache> display Write Cache is enabled write_cache> If I look at c7d0, I get a message about no "Alt Slice" found and I don't have access to the cache settings. Not sure if this is part of my problem or not: AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c4t15d0 <DEFAULT cyl 19454 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /p...@0,0/pci1002,5...@3/pci1014,3...@0/s...@f,0 1. c4t16d0 <ATA-SAMSUNG HD103SJ-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci1002,5...@3/pci1014,3...@0/s...@10,0 2. c4t17d0 <ATA-SAMSUNG HD103SJ-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci1002,5...@3/pci1014,3...@0/s...@11,0 3. c7d0 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40807-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@11/i...@0/c...@0,0 4. c7d1 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40807-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@11/i...@0/c...@1,0 5. c8d1 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40807-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@11/i...@1/c...@1,0 6. c9d0 <DEFAULT cyl 19454 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /p...@0,0/pci-...@14,1/i...@1/c...@0,0 7. c9d1 <SAMSUNG-S246JDWZ40806-0001-931.51GB> /p...@0,0/pci-...@14,1/i...@1/c...@1,0 Specify disk (enter its number)[2]: 3 selecting c7d0 NO Alt slice No defect list found [disk formatted, no defect list found] /dev/dsk/c7d0s0 is part of active ZFS pool tank. Please see zpool(1M). format> cache `cache' is not expected. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss