[zfs-discuss] zpool kernel panics.

2007-12-09 Thread Edward Irvine
Hi Folks, I've got a 3.9 Tb zpool, and it is casing kernel panics on my Solaris 10 280r (SPARC) server. The message I get on panic is this: panic[cpu1]/thread=2a100a95cc0: zfs: freeing free segment (offset=423713792 size=1024) This seems to come about when the zpool is being used or being

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-09 Thread Selim Daoud
grand-dad, why don't you put your immense experience and knowledge to contribute to what is going to be the next and only filesystems in modern operating systems, instead of spending your time asking for specifics and treating everyone of ignorant..at least we will remember you in the after

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-09 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
can you guess? wrote: can you guess? wrote: can you run a database on RMS? As well as you could on must Unix file systems. And you've been able to do so for almost three decades now (whereas features like asynchronous and direct I/O are relative newcomers in the

[zfs-discuss] Does ZFS handle a SATA II port multiplier ?

2007-12-09 Thread Lars Tunkrans
Anyone tried to use ZFS with this type of box ? . The new thing about this one is that it contains a1x eSATA to 4x SATA Port multipler http://www.stardom.com.tw/sohotank%20st5610-4s-sb2.htm //Lars This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool kernel panics.

2007-12-09 Thread James C. McPherson
Edward Irvine wrote: Hi Folks, I've got a 3.9 Tb zpool, and it is casing kernel panics on my Solaris 10 280r (SPARC) server. The message I get on panic is this: panic[cpu1]/thread=2a100a95cc0: zfs: freeing free segment (offset=423713792 size=1024) This seems to come about when

[zfs-discuss] Backup in general (was Does ZFS handle a SATA II ' port multiplier' ?)

2007-12-09 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
Lars Tunkrans wrote: Anyone tried to use ZFS with this type of box ? . The new thing about this one is that it contains a1x eSATA to 4x SATA Port multipler http://www.stardom.com.tw/sohotank%20st5610-4s-sb2.htm There won't be a ZFS issue; ZFS talks to any kind of Solaris

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does ZFS handle a SATA II port multiplier ?

2007-12-09 Thread Eric Haycraft
Last I had heard, there was no solaris support for port multipliers yet, but I believe that they plan on supporting it in the future. That said, I think that the FreeBSD port fully supports it now as well as FUSE on Linux. This isn't really a zfs issue, but more of a driver issue. The other

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does ZFS handle a SATA II port multiplier ?

2007-12-09 Thread James C. McPherson
Lars Tunkrans wrote: Anyone tried to use ZFS with this type of box ? . The new thing about this one is that it contains a1x eSATA to 4x SATA Port multipler http://www.stardom.com.tw/sohotank%20st5610-4s-sb2.htm Hi Lars, we don't currently have support for SATA port

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does ZFS handle a SATA II port multiplier ?

2007-12-09 Thread Anon
Which 8 bay external case did you end up using? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] bug id 6458218

2007-12-09 Thread Vahid Moghaddasi
Hi, Can anybody explain the reason that zpool is completely destroyed and must be restored from tape after is hitting the bug 6458218? Also, why most of the machines are OK just one so far (but very high profile) was hit? Is this not the matter of if, but when we get hit...until we upgrade? Is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup in general (was Does ZFS handle a SATA II ' port multiplier' ?)

2007-12-09 Thread Richard Elling
David Dyer-Bennet wrote: I'm interested in the same question. I'm looking at what to use for backup from my Solaris file server. I've had rather bad experiences with external Firewire and USB disks, especially in performance (can't be absolutely sure the problem isn't with Windows there,

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-09 Thread can you guess?
... I remember trying to help customers move their applications from TOPS-20 to VMS, back in the early 1980s, and finding that the VMS I/O capabilities were really badly lacking. Funny how that works: when you're not familiar with something, you often mistake your own

Re: [zfs-discuss] Yager on ZFS

2007-12-09 Thread can you guess?
why don't you put your immense experience and knowledge to contribute to what is going to be the next and only filesystems in modern operating systems, Ah - the pungent aroma of teenage fanboy wafts across the Net. ZFS is not nearly good enough to become what you suggest above, nor is it

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup in general (was Does ZFS handle a SATA II ' port multiplier' ?)

2007-12-09 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
Richard Elling wrote: David Dyer-Bennet wrote: I'm interested in the same question. I'm looking at what to use for backup from my Solaris file server. I've had rather bad experiences with external Firewire and USB disks, especially in performance (can't be absolutely sure the problem

Re: [zfs-discuss] Moving ZFS file system to a different system

2007-12-09 Thread Walter Faleiro
Hi Robert, Thanks it worked like a charm. --Walter On Dec 7, 2007 7:33 AM, Robert Milkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Walter, Thursday, December 6, 2007, 7:05:54 PM, you wrote: Hi All, We are currently a hardware issue with our zfs file server hence the file system is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Trial x4500, zfs with NFS and quotas.

2007-12-09 Thread Jorgen Lundman
Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Jorgen, Honestly - I don't think zfs is a good solution to your problem. What you could try to do however when it comes to x4500 is: 1. Use SVM+UFS+user quotas I am now trying zfs -V 1Tb and newfs'ed ufs on that device. This looks like a potential

[zfs-discuss] Performance writing to USB drive, performance reporting

2007-12-09 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
So I'm doing an rsync between a ZFS filesystem on local SATA disks and an empty ZFS filesystem on a drive connected via USB 2.0. zpool iostat is showing me a write bandwidth of about 30M. That does mean 30MB/sec, right? That's compatible with how long the test took. I used up 47368826