Re: [smartos-discuss] Use zvol / dataset from GZ in KVM vm

2017-01-23 Thread Ian Collins
On 24/01/17 12:38 PM, TRITONIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED wrote: Hi, Is it possible to have a zvol or dataset from the global zone accessible within a KVM virtual machine. I was hoping to setup the new zvol / dataset on a different zpool (not zones). I've read some discussions about using lofs but

RE: [smartos-discuss] Use zvol / dataset from GZ in KVM vm

2017-01-23 Thread TRITONIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Thanks, I understand the basics of ZFS and how to create zvols / datasets etc but what I am looking for is the JSON required for vmadm to allow me to link the said zvol / dataset (preferably in the global zone) to the kvm vm (assuming that it is possible). What I'm looking to do (and I know

Re: [smartos-discuss] SmartOS 20170119T014200Z fails to deliver 32 bit libficl-sys.so

2017-01-23 Thread Attila Fülöp
On 01/23/2017 05:10 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: > On 1/22/17 15:52 , Attila Fülöp wrote: >> All, >> >> There seems to be an omission in the latest SmartOS image. >> >> After updating to platform_20170119T014200Z one of my zones didn't came >> up. Turns out that I disabled lazyloading in that zone

Re: [smartos-discuss] Use zvol / dataset from GZ in KVM vm

2017-01-23 Thread Tiraen
Me can correct but. 1) In KVM machine, there is no such thing as zvol / dataset inside. For the work you get. Roughly speaking, a virtual disk. You can view all the available options in section vmad man disks: - You can make them mo than one - You can specify the compression option to them,

[smartos-discuss] Use zvol / dataset from GZ in KVM vm

2017-01-23 Thread TRITONIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Hi, Is it possible to have a zvol or dataset from the global zone accessible within a KVM virtual machine. I was hoping to setup the new zvol / dataset on a different zpool (not zones). I've read some discussions about using lofs but that seems to only work with LX or SmartOS zones. Many

Re: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Richard Elling
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 9:54 AM, Gernot Straßer > wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > so let me try the other way around then: Do you know a device where the > manufacturer explicitly says so? STEC did. They also said synchronize_cache is a nop. I’ve been working a lot with

Re: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Youzhong Yang
I don't know. What we know is that the sync write performance of zil drive is awful if cache-nonvolatile:true is not set. On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: > On 1/23/17 9:20 , Youzhong Yang wrote: > > it is power safe and we've tested it here. > > > >

Re: [smartos-discuss] USB3/XHCI troubleshooting

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/23/17 10:12 , Robert Mustacchi wrote: > On 1/19/17 8:27 , Jason Lawrence wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017, at 04:55 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: >>> On 1/5/17 18:43 , Jason Lawrence wrote: On Mon, Jan 2, 2017, at 06:14 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: > On 1/2/17 14:16 , Jason Lawrence wrote:

Re: [smartos-discuss] USB3/XHCI troubleshooting

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/19/17 8:27 , Jason Lawrence wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017, at 04:55 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: >> On 1/5/17 18:43 , Jason Lawrence wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017, at 06:14 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: On 1/2/17 14:16 , Jason Lawrence wrote: > I've upgraded to the 20161222T003450Z

AW: AW: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Gernot Straßer
Hi Robert, so let me try the other way around then: Do you know a device where the manufacturer explicitly says so? Regards Gernot -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Robert Mustacchi [mailto:r...@joyent.com] Gesendet: Montag, 23. Januar 2017 18:45 An: smartos-discuss@lists.smartos.org

Re: AW: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/23/17 9:36 , Gernot Straßer wrote: > Most (if not all) so called of enterprise class SSD claim to be power-save > (being equipped with supercaps to power the drive until DRAM write cache is > emptied). > In case of a power failure no system will be able to send a synchronize > command to

AW: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Gernot Straßer
Most (if not all) so called of enterprise class SSD claim to be power-save (being equipped with supercaps to power the drive until DRAM write cache is emptied). In case of a power failure no system will be able to send a synchronize command to the drive, so what sense would the supercap make

Re: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/23/17 9:20 , Youzhong Yang wrote: > it is power safe and we've tested it here. > > https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/product/storage-products/enterprise-ssd/px02smb-px02smfxxx.html?sug=1 Sure, it does say it's power safe. Are you sure that means you don't need to issue synchronize

Re: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Youzhong Yang
it is power safe and we've tested it here. https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/product/storage-products/enterprise-ssd/px02smb-px02smfxxx.html?sug=1 On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Robert Mustacchi wrote: > On 1/23/17 6:29 , Youzhong Yang wrote: > > Add something like

Re: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/22/17 16:38 , 강경원 wrote: > Hello, > > We are testing with "TOSHIBAPX02SMF020" SSD for zfs log disk. > > Although we added this to the smartos, the disk write io was not increased. > > Have you ever experienced this kind of issue with Toshiba? > > Any recommendation for selecting ssd? We

Re: [smartos-discuss] smartos ssd disk question

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/23/17 6:29 , Youzhong Yang wrote: > Add something like this to /kernel/drv/sd.conf: > > "TOSHIBA PX02SMF020 ", "cache-nonvolatile:true", > > I don't think the sd.conf comes with smartos image has it, so you need to > build your own image. In general, you should _never_ set this value.

Re: [smartos-discuss] SmartOS 20170119T014200Z fails to deliver 32 bit libficl-sys.so

2017-01-23 Thread Robert Mustacchi
On 1/22/17 15:52 , Attila Fülöp wrote: > All, > > There seems to be an omission in the latest SmartOS image. > > After updating to platform_20170119T014200Z one of my zones didn't came > up. Turns out that I disabled lazyloading in that zone and svc.startd > failed to start due to missing

Re: [smartos-discuss] Intel i350 kvm support

2017-01-23 Thread Jussi Sallinen
On 23/01/17 10:09, Schmurfy wrote: I eventually managed to narrow it down, it depends on the os you use on the vm (probably the kernel version), if you use the latest ubuntu lts you are fine but with an older release the network performance was horrible. I am not really sure why but we

Re: [smartos-discuss] Intel i350 kvm support

2017-01-23 Thread Schmurfy
I eventually managed to narrow it down, it depends on the os you use on the vm (probably the kernel version), if you use the latest ubuntu lts you are fine but with an older release the network performance was horrible. I am not really sure why but we confirmed it on another machine, with the