Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Home NAS - Configuration Questions
Marcus Sundman wrote: Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcus Sundman wrote: Kava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone recommend a cheap (but reliable) SATA PCI or PCIX card? Why would you get a PCI-X card for a home NAS? I don't think I've ever seen a non-server motherboard with PCI-X. Are you sure you don't want a PCI-E card instead? Anyway, if someone is aware of some cheap (but reliable) SATA PCI-E card then I'd be very interested. It may be less expensive to purchase a new motherboard with 6 SATA ports on it. Sure, but which one? I've been trying to find one for many, many months already, but it has turned out to be impossible to find anyone that has tried one successfully and is willing to tell about it. ASUS M2N-E works fine. -- Kaiser Jasse -- Authorized Stealth Oracle The axioms of wisdom: 1. Go the SPARC way of life 2. You can't conquer the universe without the knowledge of FORTRAN 3. In the Unix realm, 10% of work fixes 90% of the problems ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there _any_ suitable motherboard?
Mark wrote: Hey, I will submit it. However does Opensolaris have a seperate HCL? or do i just use the solaris one? Last time I tried to submit anything, they didn't even accepted sxcr release numbers, only proper Solaris releases numbers. -- Kaiser Jasse -- Authorized Stealth Oracle The axioms of wisdom: 1. Go the SPARC way of life 2. You can't conquer the universe without the knowledge of FORTRAN 3. In the Unix realm, 10% of work fixes 90% of the problems ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS performance using slices vs. entire disk?
On Aug 3, 2006, at 8:17 AM, Jeff Bonwick wrote: ZFS will try to enable write cache if whole disks is given. Additionally keep in mind that outer region of a disk is much faster. And it's portable. If you use whole disks, you can export the pool from one machine and import it on another. There's no way to export just one slice and leave the others behind... I got the impression that the export command exported the contents of the pool, not the underlying physical structure (minus the rust ;o). Seems that I was wrong. This also implies that the disk that receives the exported pool has to be the same size as the exported disk, or can it be bigger ??? Kaiser Jasse -- Authorized Stealth Oracle The axioms of wisdom: 1. You can't outstubborn a cat 2. You can't conquer the universe without the knowledge of FORTRAN 3. In the Unix realm, 10% of work fixes 90% of the problems ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS performance using slices vs. entire disk?
On Aug 3, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Darren Dunham wrote: And it's portable. If you use whole disks, you can export the pool from one machine and import it on another. There's no way to export just one slice and leave the others behind... I got the impression that the export command exported the contents of the pool, not the underlying physical structure (minus the rust ;o). Seems that I was wrong. Correct. You could export a pool that existed on just one of the slices, but it would be difficult to make that useful. You couldn't for example put slice 1 in a new machine and leave slice 4 here. This also implies that the disk that receives the exported pool has to be the same size as the exported disk, or can it be bigger ??? Hmm? An 'exported' pool remains on the same media, but is no longer being used by the host. So the media can be transported and connected (imported) elsewhere. It doesn't move the data to new meda (that would be zfs send or the like). Oops, seems that I swapped the commands 'export' and 'send' in my head. Kaiser Jasse -- Authorized Stealth Oracle The axioms of wisdom: 1. You can't outstubborn a cat 2. You can't conquer the universe without the knowledge of FORTRAN 3. In the Unix realm, 10% of work fixes 90% of the problems ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
