Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-26 Thread Dr. Martin Mundschenk
Am 26.08.2010 um 04:38 schrieb Edward Ned Harvey: There is no such thing as reliable external disks. Not unless you want to pay $1000 each, which is dumb. You have to scrap your mini, and use internal (or hotswappable) disks. Never expect a mini to be reliable. They're designed to be

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-26 Thread Tom Buskey
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Dr. Martin Mundschenk m.mundsch...@me.com wrote: Well, I wonder what are the components to build a stable system without having an enterprise solution: eSATA, USB, FireWire, FibreChannel? If possible to get a card to fit into a MacMini, eSATA would be a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-26 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Thu, August 26, 2010 13:58, Tom Buskey wrote: I usually see 17 MB/s max on an external USB 2.0 drive. Interesting; I routinly see 27 MB/s peaking to 30 MB/s on the cheap WD 1TB external drives I use for backups. (Backup is probably best case, the only user of that drive is a zfs receive

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-25 Thread Dr. Martin Mundschenk
Hi! I'm running a OSOL box for quite a while and I think ZFS is an amazing filesystem. As a computer I use a Apple MacMini with USB and FireWire devices attached. Unfortunately the USB and sometimes the FW devices just die, causing the whole system to stall, forcing me to do a hard reboot. I

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-25 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Dr. Martin Mundschenk m.mundsch...@me.com wrote: Well, I wonder what are the components to build a stable system without having an enterprise solution: eSATA, USB, FireWire, FibreChannel? I wouldn't consider anything except FC or SAS for a true enterprise

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-25 Thread LaoTsao
sas-2 with 7200 rpm sas 1tb ot 2tb hdd --- Original message --- From: Dr. Martin Mundschenk m.mundsch...@me.com To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: 25.8.'10, 15:29 Hi! I'm running a OSOL box for quite a while and I think ZFS is an amazing filesystem. As a computer I use a Apple

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-25 Thread Enrico Maria Crisostomo
I'm currently using SXCE with eSATA (with an LSI controller) and SAS disks in my home boxes and they run just fine. The only glitch I had after LU-upgrading to the latest release is eSATA disk not spinning down any longer when idle. I export file systems with NFS to my Macs: beware that Mac OS

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-25 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Dr. Martin Mundschenk m.mundsch...@me.com wrote: I'm running a OSOL box for quite a while and I think ZFS is an amazing filesystem. As a computer I use a Apple MacMini with USB and FireWire devices attached. Unfortunately the USB and sometimes the FW devices

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Storage server hardwae

2010-08-25 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Martin Mundschenk devices attached. Unfortunately the USB and sometimes the FW devices just die, causing the whole system to stall, forcing me to do a hard reboot. Well, I wonder what