[zfs-code] Disk Writes

2009-02-05 Thread Ben Rockwood
I need some help with clarification. My understanding is that there are 2 instances in which ZFS will write to disk: 1) TXG Sync 2) ZIL Post-snv_87 a TXG should sync out when the TXG is either over filled or hits the timeout of 30 seconds. First question is... is there some place I can see what

[zfs-code] Disk Writes

2009-02-05 Thread Neil Perrin
I'll answer the ZIL question: On 02/05/09 03:38, Ben Rockwood wrote: > I need some help with clarification. > > My understanding is that there are 2 instances in which ZFS will write > to disk: > 1) TXG Sync > 2) ZIL > > Post-snv_87 a TXG should sync out when the TXG is either over filled or > h

[zfs-code] Disk Writes

2009-02-05 Thread Mark Maybee
Ben Rockwood wrote: > I need some help with clarification. > > My understanding is that there are 2 instances in which ZFS will write > to disk: > 1) TXG Sync > 2) ZIL > > Post-snv_87 a TXG should sync out when the TXG is either over filled or > hits the timeout of 30 seconds. > > First question

[zfs-code] Disk Writes

2009-02-05 Thread Ben Rockwood
Mark Maybee wrote: > Ben Rockwood wrote: >> I need some help with clarification. >> >> My understanding is that there are 2 instances in which ZFS will write >> to disk: >> 1) TXG Sync >> 2) ZIL >> >> Post-snv_87 a TXG should sync out when the TXG is either over filled or >> hits the timeout of 30

[zfs-code] Disk Writes

2009-02-05 Thread Mark Maybee
Ben Rockwood wrote: > Mark Maybee wrote: >> Ben Rockwood wrote: >>> I need some help with clarification. >>> >>> My understanding is that there are 2 instances in which ZFS will write >>> to disk: >>> 1) TXG Sync >>> 2) ZIL >>> >>> Post-snv_87 a TXG should sync out when the TXG is either over fille

[zfs-code] Disk Writes

2009-02-05 Thread Ben Rockwood
Mark Maybee wrote: > > The write_limit is independent of the memory size. Its based purely > on the IO bandwidth available to the pool. So a write_limit of 3GB > implies that we think that we can push 3GB of (inflated) data in 5 > seconds to the drives. If we take out the inflation, this means >