[zfs-discuss] Proposal: ZFS hotplug support and autoconfiguration

2007-03-21 Thread Eric Schrock
Folks - I'm preparing to submit the attached PSARC case to provide better support for device removal and insertion within ZFS. Since this is a rather complex issue, with a fair share of corner issues, I thought I'd send the proposal out to the ZFS community at large for further comment before

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposal: ZFS hotplug support and autoconfiguration

2007-03-21 Thread Eric Schrock
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:03:48AM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote: What if I have a failing drive (still works but I want it to be replaced) and I have a replacement drive on a shelf. All I want is to remove failing drive, insert new one and resilver. I do not want a hot spare to

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] Proposal: ZFS hotplug support and autoconfiguration

2007-03-21 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Eric, Thursday, March 22, 2007, 1:13:19 AM, you wrote: ES On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:03:48AM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote: What if I have a failing drive (still works but I want it to be replaced) and I have a replacement drive on a shelf. All I want is to remove failing drive,