Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-30 Thread Edmund White
Glad you were able to get a good working solution. I definitely think the Supermicro hardware is a big step below HP's offering, but you can't beat that flexibility. -- Edmund White From: Anh Quach anhc...@gmail.commailto:anhc...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7:44 PM To: Richard

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Edmund White
: http://serverfault.com/a/398579/13325 and http://flic.kr/s/aHsjtyfUBB -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com On 1/8/13 9:27 AM, mark carne...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Richard Elling wrote: FYI, HP also sells an 8-port IT-style HBA (SC-08Ge), but it is hard to locate

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Edmund White
/13082_na/13082_na.HTML), but I prefer the higher performance of the LSI 9211 and 9205e HBA's. I recently posted on Server Fault with the Nexenta consolehttp://serverfault.com/a/461977/13325 representation of the HP D2700 JBOD. It's already integrated with NexentaStor. -- Edmund White ewwh

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Appliance as a general-purpose server question

2012-11-27 Thread Edmund White
? Also, with three controllers, didn't you max the number of available PCIe slots? Anyway, the new HP SL4540 server is the next product worth testing in this realmŠ 60 x LFF disks. http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14406_na/14406_na.html -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Appliance as a general-purpose server question

2012-11-24 Thread Edmund White
expander on the backplane, but with a nice controller (LSI 9211-4i), make good ZFS storage servers. -- Edmund White On 11/23/12 8:51 PM, Erik Trimble tr...@netdemons.com wrote: On 11/23/2012 5:50 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Appliance as a general-purpose server question

2012-11-24 Thread Edmund White
On 11/24/12 5:51 PM, Erik Trimble tr...@netdemons.com wrote: On 11/24/2012 5:17 AM, Edmund White wrote: Heh, I wouldn't be using G5's for ZFS purposes now. G6 and better ProLiants are a better deal for RAM capacity and CPU core countŠ Either way, I also use HP systems as the basis for my ZFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] Hardware Recommendations: SAS2 JBODs

2012-11-13 Thread Edmund White
I'm quite happy with my HP D2700 and D2600 enclosures. I'm using them with LSI 9205-8e controllers and NexentaStor, but MPxIO definitely works. You will need to find HP drive traysŠ They're available on eBay. -- Edmund White On 11/13/12 2:08 PM, Peter Tripp pe...@psych.columbia.edu wrote

Re: [zfs-discuss] Hardware Recommendations: SAS2 JBODs

2012-11-13 Thread Edmund White
cannot tell if 6G is possible now (via firmware or otherwise). -- Edmund White On 11/13/12 2:08 PM, Peter Tripp pe...@psych.columbia.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the market for a couple of JBODs. Up until now I've been relatively lucky with finding hardware that plays very nicely with ZFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedicated server running ESXi with no RAID card, ZFS for storage?

2012-11-13 Thread Edmund White
What was wrong with the suggestion to use VMWare ESXi and Nexenta or OpenIndiana to do this? -- Edmund White On 11/13/12 8:20 PM, Dan Swartzendruber dswa...@druber.com wrote: Well, I think I give up for now. I spent quite a few hours over the last couple of days trying to get gnome

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedicated server running ESXi with no RAID card, ZFS for storage?

2012-11-07 Thread Edmund White
better. -- Edmund White On 11/7/12 9:45 AM, Dan Swartzendruber dswa...@druber.com wrote: On 11/7/2012 10:02 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: I formerly did exactly the same thing. Of course performance is abysmal because you're booting a guest VM to share

Re: [zfs-discuss] all in one server

2012-09-18 Thread Edmund White
I've installed a good number of all-in-one ZFS solutions, mostly based around NexentaStor and VMWare ESXi on HP ProLiant hardware. An example of this is documented on Server Fault at: http://serverfault.com/a/398579/13325 -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com On 9/18/12 10:31 AM, Eugen Leitl eu

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-02 Thread Edmund White
internal disks, I'll use the 9211-8i. If external, the 9205-8e. Or sometimes, both. I think the DL380 G7 is a better choice for PCIe flexibility, though. The DL360 is pretty limited in expansion space. -- Edmund White On 7/2/12 4:29 PM, Anh Quach a...@blackandcode.com wrote: Hello, Has anyone

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-02 Thread Edmund White
the onboard Smart Array controller (in external disk setups), do you also mean that your root pool is configured on the JBOD(s), essentially completely bypassing any of the built-in drive bays? Thanks, Edmund! -Anh On Jul 2, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Edmund White wrote: This depends upon what you

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP JBOD D2700 - ok?

2012-01-31 Thread Edmund White
= device-type=HP EG0300, load-balance-options=logical-block-options, device-type=HP DG0300, load-balance-options=logical-block-options; logical-block-options=load-balance=logical-block, region-size=18; -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com On 1/31/12 7

Re: [zfs-discuss] SATA hardware advice

2011-12-17 Thread Edmund White
On 12/17/11 8:27 PM, Chris Ridd chrisr...@mac.com wrote: Can you explain how you got the SSDs into the HP sleds? Did you buy blank sleds from somewhere, or cannibalise some cheap HP drives? I assumed some part of the HP hardware would freak out if it ever saw a drive with non-HP firmware - is

Re: [zfs-discuss] SATA hardware advice

2011-12-16 Thread Edmund White
HBA and use the second 4-land SAS connector for those. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewwhite/sets/72157625918734321/ for an example of the DL380 G7 build. -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com On 12/17/11 12:24 AM, Hung-Sheng Tsao (laoTsao) laot...@gmail.com wrote: imho, if possible pick sas

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sun X4540 disk replacement

2011-12-12 Thread Edmund White
You need to pry the drive sled off of the disk once the screws are removed. There are two or four notches that hold onto the disk. You'll end up spreading the carrier frame slightly. -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com On 12/12/11 5:25 PM, Tony Schreiner anthony.schrei...@bc.edu wrote: Sorry

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP JBOD D2700 - ok?

2011-11-30 Thread Edmund White
. The enclosure is supported and I've been able to setup drive slot maps and control disk LED's, etc. -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com 847-530-1605 On 11/30/11 5:27 AM, Ragnar Sundblad ra...@csc.kth.se wrote: Hello all, We are thinking about using HP D2700 SAS enclosures with Sun X41xx servers and Solaris

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP JBOD D2700 - ok?

2011-11-30 Thread Edmund White
I'd recommend the LSI 9205 over the 9200 simply for the newer chipset and performance reasons, but the HP card you mention is compatible. -- Edmund White On 11/30/11 8:06 AM, Sašo Kiselkov skiselkov...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/30/2011 02:40 PM, Edmund White wrote: Absolutely. I'm using

Re: [zfs-discuss] Impact of L2ARC device failure and SSD recommendations

2011-06-12 Thread Edmund White
the Intel X-25M, and powered back on. The VMs picked up where they left off and the system stabilized. The total impact to end-users was 3 hours of either poor performance or straight downtime. -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Impact of L2ARC device failure and SSD recommendations

2011-06-12 Thread Edmund White
by default. volume-check is enabled on all and is set to run hourly. Email notification is configured, and I actively receive other alerts (DDT table, auto-sync) and reports. -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com 847-530-1605 ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

[zfs-discuss] Impact of L2ARC device failure and SSD recommendations

2011-06-11 Thread Edmund White
Posted in greater detail at Server Fault - http://serverfault.com/q/277966/13325 I have an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 system running NexentaStor. The server has 36GB RAM, 2 LSI 9211-8i SAS controllers (no SAS expanders), 2 SAS system drives, 12 SAS data drives, a hot-spare disk, an Intel X25-M L2ARC

Re: [zfs-discuss] Impact of L2ARC device failure and SSD recommendations

2011-06-11 Thread Edmund White
So, can this be fixed in firmware? How can I determine if the drive is actually bad? -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com On 6/11/11 10:15 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen pa...@iki.fi wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 08:35:19AM -0500, Edmund White wrote: Posted in greater detail at Server Fault - [1

Re: [zfs-discuss] Problems using ZFS on Smart Array P400

2009-01-27 Thread Edmund White
I'm testing the same thing on a DL380 G5 with P400 controller. I set individual RAID 0 logical drives for each disk. I ended up with the same result upon drive removal. I'm looking into whether the hpacucli array command line utility will let me re-enable a logical drive from its interface. --

Re: [zfs-discuss] Problems using ZFS on Smart Array P400

2009-01-27 Thread Edmund White
(assume 8 disks with an emphasis on capacity)? -- Edmund William White ewwh...@mac.com From: Craig Morgan craig.mor...@sun.com Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:54:46 + To: Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com Cc: Alex a...@pancentric.com, zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss