Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

2011-12-02 Thread Rich
1) Last I heard, Dell EoL'd Solaris support for any but custom support contracts. 2) Dell reverted the non-Dell lockout on their card firmwares after there was an enormous backlash. - Rich On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:27 PM, James C. McPherson james.c.mcpher...@gmail.com wrote: On  2/12/11 09:52

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fileserver performance with log and cache devices?

2011-12-02 Thread Gary Mills
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 08:59:48AM -0600, Gary Mills wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a fileserver running oi_151a. How can I determine the performance improvement from adding log and cache devices? I'm using filebench with the fileserver personality. Is that my best choice? So far,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fileserver performance with log and cache devices?

2011-12-02 Thread Geoff Flarity
I'm not sure who nobody is exactly? Given everyone's feedback it sounds like using filebench and paying close attention to synchronous write performance is a good way to begin. On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Gary Mills gary_mi...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 08:59:48AM -0600,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fileserver performance with log and cache devices?

2011-12-02 Thread Per Sjoholm
On 12/02/2011 07:44 PM, Gary Mills wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 08:59:48AM -0600, Gary Mills wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a fileserver running oi_151a. How can I determine the performance improvement from adding log and cache devices? I'm using filebench with the fileserver

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Ray versions on OI

2011-12-02 Thread Rainer Heilke
Thank you again for your help. I managed to do the (working) install this morning. Both Sun Rays are working wonderfully! Rainer On 11/26/2011 8:07 AM, Daniel Kjar wrote: Hi Rainer, I am using the newest version of SRSS. I installed it on a completely 'fresh' install of OI and followed the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fileserver performance with log and cache devices?

2011-12-02 Thread Mark
On 3/12/2011 9:34 a.m., Per Sjoholm wrote: On 12/02/2011 07:44 PM, Gary Mills wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 08:59:48AM -0600, Gary Mills wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a fileserver running oi_151a. How can I determine the performance improvement from adding log and cache devices? I'm