These are pretty much the conclusions we reached from this discussion, and thanks for all the input. On the 3510 we are configuring 12 nraid LUNs - basically presenting the 12 disks to the OS as they are. In a real scenario we will be mirroring across two 3510s anyway. We have also decided against raidz in this scenario.
Regards, Ciaran. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anantha N. Srirama Sent: 18 October 2006 13:11 To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: [zfs-discuss] Re: Configuring a 3510 for ZFS Thanks for the stimulating exchange of ideas/thoughts. I've always been a believer of letting s/w do my RAID functions; for example in the old days of VxVM I always preferred to do mirroring at the s/w level. It is my belief that there is more 'meta' information available at the OS level than at the storage level for s/w to make intelligent decisions; dynamic recordsize in ZFS is one example. Any thoughts on the following approach: 1. I'll configure 3511 to present multiple LUNs (mirrored internally) to OS. 2. Lay down a ZFS pool/filesystem without RAID protection (RAIDZ...) in the OS With this approach I will enjoy the caching facility of 3511 and the checksum protection afforded by ZFS. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
