Re: [zfs-discuss] 4k sector support in Solaris 11?

2012-02-16 Thread John D Groenveld
In message , Dave Pooser writes: >If I want to use a batch of new Seagate 3TB Barracudas with Solaris 11, I'm using the Seagate's 3TB external drive with S11. Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive STAY3000102 >will zpool let me create a new pool with ashift=12 out of the box

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Wed, February 15, 2012 18:06, Brandon High wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >> Is there an upgrade path from (I think I'm running Solaris Express) to >> something modern?  (That could be an Oracle distribution, or the free > > There *was* an upgrade path from

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Thu, February 16, 2012 13:31, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet >> >> This is already getting useful; "which has never worked for me" for >> example is the sort of observation I f

[zfs-discuss] 4k sector support in Solaris 11?

2012-02-16 Thread Dave Pooser
If I want to use a batch of new Seagate 3TB Barracudas with Solaris 11, will zpool let me create a new pool with ashift=12 out of the box or will I need to play around with a patched zpool binary (or the iSCSI loopback)? -- Dave Pooser Manager of Information Services Alford Media http://www.alford

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet > > This is already getting useful; "which has never worked for me" for > example is the sort of observation I find informative, since I've been > seeing your name around here

Re: [zfs-discuss] encryption

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: David Magda [mailto:dma...@ee.ryerson.ca] > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:35 AM > > On Thu, February 16, 2012 09:55, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > I've never used ZFS encryption. How does it work? Do you need to type in > > a pre-boot password? And if so, how do you do that with a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Kraus
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > I'm seriously thinking of going Nexenta, as I think it would let me be a > little less of a sysadmin.  Solaris 11 express is tempting in its own way > though, if I decide the price is tolerable. I looked at the Nexenta route, and w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Thu, February 16, 2012 08:54, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet >> >> While I'm not in need of upgrading my server at an emergency level, I'm >> starting to think about it -- to b

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Nomen Nescio
> I would recommend solaris 11 express based on personal experience. It > gets bugfixes and new features sooner than commercial solaris. I thought they stopped making 11 Express available when 11 went out? ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@openso

Re: [zfs-discuss] encryption

2012-02-16 Thread David Magda
On Thu, February 16, 2012 09:55, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > I've never used ZFS encryption. How does it work? Do you need to type in > a pre-boot password? And if so, how do you do that with a server? Or does > it use TPM or something similar, to avoid the need for a pre-boot password? Darren

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread andy thomas
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of andy thomas One of my most vital servers is a Netra 150 dating from 1997 - still going strong, crammed with 12 x 300 Gb disks and running Solaris 9.

[zfs-discuss] encryption

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
I've never used ZFS encryption. How does it work? Do you need to type in a pre-boot password? And if so, how do you do that with a server? Or does it use TPM or something similar, to avoid the need for a pre-boot password? Thanks... ___ zfs-discu

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet > > While I'm not in need of upgrading my server at an emergency level, I'm > starting to think about it -- to be prepared (and an upgrade could be > triggered by a failure at

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of andy thomas > > One of my most vital servers is a Netra 150 dating from 1997 - still going > strong, crammed with 12 x 300 Gb disks and running Solaris 9. I think one > ought to have more faith

Re: [zfs-discuss] [o.seib...@cs.ru.nl: A broken ZFS pool...]

2012-02-16 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-02-16 14:57, Olaf Seibert wrote: On Wed 15 Feb 2012 at 14:49:14 +0100, Olaf Seibert wrote: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM tank FAULTED 0 0 2 raidz2-0 DEGRADED 0 0 8 da0

Re: [zfs-discuss] [o.seib...@cs.ru.nl: A broken ZFS pool...]

2012-02-16 Thread Olaf Seibert
On Wed 15 Feb 2012 at 14:49:14 +0100, Olaf Seibert wrote: > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > tank FAULTED 0 0 2 > raidz2-0 DEGRADED 0 0 8 > da0 ONLINE 0 0