Re: [OmniOS-discuss] zpool Write Bottlenecks

2016-09-29 Thread Linda Kateley
One of the things I do is turn caching off. on a dataset #zfs get primarycache=none dataset. Give me better disk performance lk On 9/30/16 12:19 AM, Michael Talbott wrote: I'm very aware that dd is not the best tool for measuring disk performance in most cases. And I know the read throughput

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] zpool Write Bottlenecks

2016-09-29 Thread Dale Ghent
Awesome that you're using LX Zones in a way with BeeGFS. A note on your testing methodology, however: http://lethargy.org/~jesus/writes/disk-benchmarking-with-dd-dont/#.V-3RUqOZPOY > On Sep 29, 2016, at 10:21 PM, Michael Talbott wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to find a way to

[OmniOS-discuss] zpool Write Bottlenecks

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Talbott
Hi, I'm trying to find a way to achieve massive write speeds with some decent hardware which will be used for some parallel computing needs (bioinformatics). Eventually if all goes well and my testing succeeds.. I'll be duplicating this setup and run BeeGFS in a few LX zones (THANK YOU LX

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] vlan and vnic

2016-09-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Michael Rasmussen wrote: Given all this I have a hard time to find any pros for vlans compared to vnics. Obviously this is an Apples vs Orangutans comparison. A vnic has a MAC which uniquely identifies an interface and a vlan is used to separate traffic (like a virtual

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Low powered and cheap OmniOS server?

2016-09-29 Thread Natxo Asenjo
hi, On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Paul Jochum wrote: > Hi All: > > Looking for the latest recommendations on a low powered and cheap > OmniOS server. This would be for home use, looking to use it as way of > backing up Linux and Windows boxes. Anyone have a

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Low powered and cheap OmniOS server?

2016-09-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Paul Jochum wrote: Hi All: Looking for the latest recommendations on a low powered and cheap OmniOS server. This would be for home use, looking to use it as way of backing up Linux and Windows boxes. Anyone have a recommendation? I am very happy with my 1U

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Low powered and cheap OmniOS server?

2016-09-29 Thread Davide Poletto
Uh...forgot...it's also cheap: the G1610T equipped with 4GB ECC - diskless - should cost 170 Euro excluding VAT...and it has HPE iLO4 for management on shared LAN (2x1Gbps). My 2 cents. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:54:39

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Low powered and cheap OmniOS server?

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:54:39 -0500 Paul Jochum wrote: > Hi All: > > Looking for the latest recommendations on a low powered and cheap OmniOS > server. This would be for home use, looking to use it as way of backing up > Linux and Windows boxes. Anyone have a

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Low powered and cheap OmniOS server?

2016-09-29 Thread Davide Poletto
My take: HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 (the one G1610T CPU based) or a Gen7 too: sufficiently silent (not completely silent since has 2 fans), it doesn't consume so much power (with Toshiba DT01ACAxxx drives is

[OmniOS-discuss] Low powered and cheap OmniOS server?

2016-09-29 Thread Paul Jochum
Hi All: Looking for the latest recommendations on a low powered and cheap OmniOS server. This would be for home use, looking to use it as way of backing up Linux and Windows boxes. Anyone have a recommendation? thanks in advance, Paul ___

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Changing motherboard

2016-09-29 Thread Guenther Alka
I have not tried IB - If they change link name/numbering then yes Am 28.09.2016 um 19:15 schrieb Michael Rasmussen: On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:29:12 +0200 Guenther Alka wrote: - export the datapool - delete all nic interfaces Do you think deleting nics also includes the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] vlan and vnic

2016-09-29 Thread Dale Ghent
> On Sep 28, 2016, at 8:12 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been wondering what is the best way to create vlans in omnios. > use dladm create-vlan and assign IP to the vlan > or > use dladm create-vnic with a vlan tag and assign IP to the vnic > > What are