[OmniOS-discuss] ZFS Slog - force all writes to go to Slog

2015-02-18 Thread Rune Tipsmark
hi all, I found an entry about zil_slog_limit here: http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSWritesAndZILII it basically explains how writes larger than 1MB per default hits the main pool rather than my Slog device - I could not find much further information nor the equivalent

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..

2015-02-18 Thread Schweiss, Chip
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Andy omn...@citrus-it.net wrote: I'd prefer to run Supermicro but might have some problems convincing those with the purse strings. Is anyone running, or can anyone recommend, a Supermicro server roughly equivalent to the Del R730xd, or give me an idea of

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..

2015-02-18 Thread Andrew Gabriel
In customers I've dealt with, if there isn't a binding data center policy in place for one or the other, it's usually a trade-off between TCO, and the differing field service offerings with respect to mean time to repair (which can be very location-specific). This can also be influenced by the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..

2015-02-18 Thread Linda Kateley
Just some anecdotal info... sun had a very nice partnership with dell.. back in the day, if you searched for dell in the hardware compat list you would show thousand of entries.. Dell now has a guy who sits on nexenta's board, this fact might have some impact in what they recommend. On the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..

2015-02-18 Thread Dan McDonald
On Feb 18, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Andy omn...@citrus-it.net wrote: I've read some useful posts on this mailing list about the Dell R730xd - specifically that if we ask Dell to configure it for Nexenta then it will come with an LSI HBA and Intel NICs but I haven't seen any further posts saying

[OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..

2015-02-18 Thread Andy
Hi, We have a number of Dell PE1950 servers running OmniOS which are in need of replacement. Management here have always used Dell and have suggested the R730xd platform (as we want more disk slots in the new servers). I've read some useful posts on this mailing list about the Dell R730xd -

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] ZFS Slog - force all writes to go to Slog

2015-02-18 Thread Rune Tipsmark
From: Richard Elling richard.ell...@richardelling.com Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 1:27 AM To: Rune Tipsmark Cc: omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com Subject: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] ZFS Slog - force all writes to go to Slog On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Rune

[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS Bloody update for Feb 18

2015-02-18 Thread Dan McDonald
There will be only 1-3 more updates prior to the next OmniOS stable (and for this time, this stable is also Long-Term Support) release. If you notice anything weird about the bloody bits, please let me know ASAP. I've heard little/no complaints about the updates to pkg(5), so either you're

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] ZFS Slog - force all writes to go to Slog

2015-02-18 Thread Richard Elling
On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Rune Tipsmark r...@steait.net wrote: hi all, I found an entry about zil_slog_limit here: http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSWritesAndZILII http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSWritesAndZILII it basically explains how writes