Re: [zfs-discuss] vdev failure - pool loss ?

2010-10-18 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks Freddie, that's pretty clear. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] vdev failure - pool loss ?

2010-10-18 Thread Simon Breden
So are we all agreed then, that a vdev failure will cause pool loss ? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] vdev failure - pool loss ?

2010-10-17 Thread Simon Breden
I would just like to confirm or not whether a vdev failure would lead to failure of the whole pool or not. For example, if I created a pool from two RAID-Z2 vdevs, and three drives fail within the first vdev, is all the data within the whole pool unrecoverable? -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] vdev failure - pool loss ?

2010-10-17 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks Ian. Another example: Would you lose all pool data if you had two vdevs: (1) a RAID-Z2 vdev and (2) a two drive mirror vdev, and three drives in the RAID-Z2 vdev failed? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] TLER and ZFS

2010-10-06 Thread Simon Breden
Hi all I just discovered WD Black drives are rumored not to be set to allow TLER. Yep: http://opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=501159#501159 Enterprise drives will cost about 60% more, and on a large install, that means a lot of money... True, sometimes more than twice the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Migrating to an aclmode-less world

2010-10-05 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Cindy, That sounds very reassuring. Thanks a lot. Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Migrating to an aclmode-less world

2010-10-04 Thread Simon Breden
Any ideas anyone? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Migrating to an aclmode-less world

2010-09-29 Thread Simon Breden
Currently I'm still using OpenSolaris b134 and I had used the 'aclmode' property on my file systems. However, the aclmode property has been dropped now: http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2010/029/20100126_mark.shellenbaum I'm wondering what will happen to the ACLs on these files and

Re: [zfs-discuss] drive speeds etc

2010-09-28 Thread Simon Breden
Regarding vdevs and mixing WD Green drives with other drives, you might find it interesting that WD itself does not recommend them for 'business critical' RAID use - this quoted from the WD20EARS page here (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=773): i Desktop / Consumer RAID

Re: [zfs-discuss] drive speeds etc

2010-09-28 Thread Simon Breden
IIRC the currently available WD Caviar Black models no longer enable TLER to be set. For WD drives, to have TLER capability you will need to buy their enterprise models like REx models which cost mucho $$$. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] drive speeds etc

2010-09-28 Thread Simon Breden
described problems with WD aren't okay for non-critical evelopment/backup/home use either. Indeed. I don't use WD drives for RAID any longer. The statement from WD is nothing but an attempt to upsell you, to differentiate the market so they can tap into the demand curve at multiple

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best practice for full stystem backup - equivelent of ufsdump/ufsrestor

2010-05-05 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Euan, You might find some of this useful: http://breden.org.uk/2009/08/29/home-fileserver-mirrored-ssd-zfs-root-boot/ http://breden.org.uk/2009/08/30/home-fileserver-zfs-boot-pool-recovery/ I backed up the rpool to a single file which I believe is frowned upon, due to the consequences of an

Re: [zfs-discuss] What's the advantage of using multiple filesystems in a

2010-03-03 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Tom, My input: Create one file system per type of data to: 1. help organise your data logically 2. increase file system granularity which allows different file system properties to be set per filesystem: such as copies, compression etc 3. allow separate shares to be easily setup: via CIFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to verify ecc for ram is active and enabled?

2010-03-03 Thread Simon Breden
I ran smbios and for the memory-related section I saw the following: IDSIZE TYPE 6415 SMB_TYPE_MEMARRAY (physical memory array) Location: 3 (system board or motherboard) Use: 3 (system memory) ECC: 3 (none) Number of Slots/Sockets: 4 Memory Error Data: Not Supported Max

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to verify ecc for ram is active and enabled?

2010-03-03 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks Miles, I'll take a look. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
That's a pity about smartmontools not working. Which controllers are you using? Good news about no sleeping though, although perhaps not so economical. I think I'd rather burn a bit more power and have drives that respond properly than weird timeout issues some people seem to be experiencing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
Sounds good. I was taking a look at the 1TB Caviar Black drives which are WD1001FALS I think. They seem to have superb user ratings and good reliability comments from many people. I consider these full fat drives as opposed to the LITE (green) drives, as they spin at 7200 rpm instead of 5400

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Tonmaus, they are the new revision. OK. I got the impression as well that the complaints you reported were mainly related to embedded Linux systems probably running LVM / mda. (thecus, Qnap, ) Other reports I had seen related to typical HW raids. I don't think the situation is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-03 Thread Simon Breden
Probably 6 in a RAID-Z2 vdev. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
My timeout issue is definitely the WD10EARS disks. WD has chosen to cripple their consumer grade disks when used in quantities greater than one. I'll now need to evaluate alternative supplers of low cost disks for low end high volume storage. Mark. typo ST32000542AS not NS This was

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Tonmaus, That's good to hear. Which revision are they: 00R6B0 or 00P8B0? It's marked on the drive top. From what I've seen elsewhere, people seem to be complaining about the newer 00P8B0 revision, so I'd be interested to hear from you. These revision numbers are listed in the first post of

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
If I'm not mistaken then the WD2002FYPS is an enterprise model: WD RE4-GP (RAID Edition, Green Power), so you almost certainly have the firmware that allows (1) the idle time before spindown to be modified with WDIDLE3.EXE and (2) the error reporting time to be modified with WDTLER.EXE. So I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
The thing that puts me off the 7K2000 is that it is a 5 platter model. The latest 2TB drives use 4 x 500GB platters. A bit less noise, vibration and heat, in theory :) And the latest 1.5TB drives use only 3 x 500GB platters. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-02-02 Thread Simon Breden
IIRC the Black range are meant to be the 'performance' models and so are a bit noisy. What's your opinion? And the 2TB models are not cheap either for a home user. The 1TB seem a good price. And from what little I read, it seems you can control the error reporting time with the WDTLER.EXE

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-30 Thread Simon Breden
Good to hear someone else confirming the greatness of this ION platform for an HTPC. BTW, how do you keep all those drives quiet? Do you use a lot of silicone grommets on the drive screws, or some other form of vibration damping? Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
I have used OpenSolaris on the NAS and XBMC as the media player, and it works greatl. See: http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/08/home-fileserver-zfs-setup/ and http://breden.org.uk/2009/05/10/home-fileserver-zfs-file-systems/ and http://breden.org.uk/2009/06/20/home-fileserver-media-center/ For the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
Same here, although I use a normal modded XBOX. I am thinking of switching to a Mac Mini w/ Plex soon (a friend's setup is really awesome) - I want more horsepower under the hood. The XBOX is dated now, and won't even play certain DVDs. Yes, a modded XBOX will play a lot of things but will

Re: [zfs-discuss] Media server build

2010-01-29 Thread Simon Breden
Yep, you're right, the topic was media server build :) Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Breden
Are you using the latest IT mode firmware? (1.26.00 I think, listed above and without checking mine using AOC-USAS-L8i which uses same controller) Also, I noticed you're using 'EARS' series drives. Again, I'm not sure if the WD10EARS drives suffer from a problem mentioned in these posts, but it

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Breden
Are you using the latest IT mode firmware? (1.26.00 I think, listed above and without checking mine using AOC-USAS-L8i which uses same controller) Also, I noticed you're using 'EARS' series drives. Again, I'm not sure if the WD10EARS drives suffer from a problem mentioned in these posts, but it

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best practice for setting ACL

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Breden
I don't have a lot of time to help here, but this post of mine might possibly help with ACLs: http://breden.org.uk/2009/05/10/home-fileserver-zfs-file-systems/ Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-27 Thread Simon Breden
If you choose the AOC-USAS-L8i controller route, don't worry too much about the exotic looking nature of these SAS/SATA controllers. These controllers drive SAS drives and also SATA drives. As you will be using SATA drives, you'll just get cables that plug into the card. The card has 2 ports.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-27 Thread Simon Breden
On 1/25/2010 6:23 PM, Simon Breden wrote: By mixing randomly purchased drives of unknown quality, people are taking unnecessary chances. But often, they refuse to see that, thinking that all drives are the same and they will all fail one day anyway... My use of the word random

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-26 Thread Simon Breden
On the subject of vibrations when using multiple drives in a case (tower), I'm using silicone grommets on all the drive screws to isolate vibrations. This does seem to greatly reduce the vibrations reaching the chassis, and makes the machine a lot quieter, and so I would expect that this

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
Any comments on this Dec. 2005 study on disk failure and error rates? http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?i d=64599 Will take a read... The OP originally asked Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?. Despite the entertainment value of the comments, it isn't clear that this

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
Hi David, I have the same motherboard and have been through this upgrade head-scratching before with my system, so hopefully I can give some useful tips. First of all, unless the situation has changed, forget trying to get the extra 2 SATA devices on the motherboard to work, as last time I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
One of those EIDE ports is running the optical drive, so I don't actually have two free ports there even if I replaced the two boot drives with IDE drives. Yep, as I expected. I've given some though to booting from a thumb drive instead of disks. That would free up two SATA ports AND

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
We have the WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0 1.5 TB Caviar Green drives. Unfortunately, these drives have the fixed firmware and the 8 second idle timeout cannot be changed. Since we starting replacing these drives in our pool about 6 weeks ago (replacing 1 drive per week), the drives has registered

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
Good news. Are those the HD154UI models? Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
I've got at least one available 5.25 bay. I hadn't considered 2.5 HDs; that's a tempting way to get the physical space I need. Yes, it is an interesting option. But remember about any necessary cooling if moving them from a currently cooled area. As I used SSDs this turned out to be

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
In general, any system which detects and acts upon faults, would like to detect faults sooner rather than later. Yes, it makes sense. I think my main concern was about loss - in question 2. 2. Does having shorter error reporting times provide any significant data safety through, for

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
Well, they'll be in a space designated as a drive bay, so it should have some airflow. I'll certainly check. Yes, it's certainly worth checking. It's an OCZ Core II, I believe. I've got an Intel -M waiting to replace it when I can find time (probably when I install Windows 7). AFAIK

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
this sounds convincing to fetishists of an ordered world where egg-laying mammals do not exist, but it's utter rubbish. Very insightful! :) As drives go bad they return errors frequently, and... Yep, so have good regular backups, and move quickly once probs start. Cheers, Simon

Re: [zfs-discuss] Going from 6 to 8 disks on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboa

2010-01-25 Thread Simon Breden
I got over the reluctance to do drive replacements in larger batches quite some time ago (well before there was zfs), though I can certainly sympathise. Yep, it's not so much of a big deal. One has to think a moment to see what is needed, check out any possible gotchas in order to carry out

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HT

2010-01-24 Thread Simon Breden
Thank you for the effort Simon. Thank you too Dusan, for creating this post that made me aware of this new card -- it looks like a good one, and doesn't have the unnecessary RAID stuff included :) Good to know from the feedback in your thread that the mpt_sas(7d) driver is actually

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks a lot. I'd looked at SO many different RAID boxes and never had a good feeling about them from the point of data safety, that when I read the 'A Conversation with Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore – The future of file systems' article (http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1317400), I was

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
pI just took a look at customer feedback on this drive here. 36% rate with one star, which I would consider alarming. Take a look here, ordered from lowest rating to highest rating. Note the recency of the comments and the descriptions:/p a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
In general I agree completely with what you are saying. Making reliable large capacity drives does appear to have become very difficult for the drive manufacturers, judging by the many sad comments from drive buyers listed on popular, highly-trafficked sales outlets' websites, like newegg. And

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
Reading through your post brought back many memories of how I used to manage my data. I also found SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner great for making a duplicate of my Mac's boot drive, which also contained my data. After juggling around with cloning boot/data drives and using non-redundant

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
How does a previously highly rated drive that costed $100 suddenly become substandard when it costs $100 ? I can think of possible reasons, but they might not be printable here ;-) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-23 Thread Simon Breden
Hey Dan, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'd forgotten that it's often the heads that degrade -- something like lubricant buildup, IIRC. As well as SMART data, which I must admit to never looking at, presumably scrub errors are also a good indication of looming trouble due to head problems etc? As

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks for your reply Miles. I think I understand your points, but unfortunately my historical knowledge of the the need for TLER etc solutions is lacking. How I've understood it to be (as generic as possible, but possibly inaccurate as a result): 1. In simple non-RAID single drive 'desktop'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Breden
OK, gotcha. Relating to my request for robustness feedback of the other driver, I was referring in fact to the mpt_sas driver that James says is used for the non-RAID LSI SAS2008-based cards like the SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8e (as opposed to the RAID-capable AOC-USAS2-L8i LSI SAS 9211-8i cards,

[zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller ?

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Does anyone know if the current OpenSolaris mpt driver supports the recent LSI SAS2008 controller? This controller/ASIC is used in the next generation SAS-2 6Gbps PCIe cards from LSI and SuperMicro etc, e.g.: 1. SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8e and the AOC-USAS2-L8i 2. LSI SAS 9211-8i Cheers, Simon

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HT

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
That looks promising. As the main thing here is that OpenSolaris supports the LSI SAS2008 controller, I have created a new post to ask for confirmation of driver support -- see here: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=122156tstart=0 Cheers, Simon

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks a lot for the info James. For the benefit of myself and others then: 1. mpt_sas driver is used for the SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8e 2. mr_sas driver is used for the SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i and LSI SAS 9211-8i And how does the maturity/robustness of the mpt_sas mr_sas drivers compare to the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Correct. I only know the internal chip code names, not what the actual shipping products are called :| Now 'knew' ;-) It's reassuring to hear your points a thru d regarding the development/test cycle. I could always use the 'try before you buy' approach: others try it, and if it works, I

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
+1 I agree 100% I have a website whose ZFS Home File Server articles are read around 1 million times a year, and so far I have recommended Western Digital drives wholeheartedly, as I have found them to work flawlessly within my RAID system using ZFS. With this recent action by Western

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does OpenSolaris mpt driver support LSI 2008 controller

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Ouch. Was that on the original 2009.06 vanilla install, or a later updated build? Hopefully a lot of the original bugs have been fixed by now, or soon will be. Has anyone got any from the trenches experience of using the mpt_sas driver? Any comments? Cheers, Simon

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2010-01-21 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks! Yep, I was about to buy six or so WD15EADS or WD15EARS drives, but it looks like I will not be ordering them now. The bad news is that after looking at the Samsungs it too seems that they have no way of changing the error reporting time in the 'desktop' drives. I hope I'm wrong

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HT

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Breden
Yes, this model looks to be interesting. SuperMicro seem to have produced two models new models that satisfy the SATA III requirements of 6Gbps per channel: 1. AOC-USAS2-L8e: http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS2-L8i.cfm?TYP=E 2. AOC-USAS2-L8i:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Breden
I see also that Samsung have very recently released the HD203WI 2TB 4-platter model. It seems to have good customer ratings so far at newegg.com, but currently there are only 13 reviews so it's a bit early to tell if it's reliable. Has anyone tried this model with ZFS? Cheers, Simon

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Constantin, It's good to hear your setup with the Samsung drives is working well. Which model/revision are they? My personal preference is to use drives of the same model revision. However, in order to help ensure that the drives will perform reliably, I prefer to do a fair amount of

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-18 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks. Newegg shows quite a good customer rating for that drive: 70% rated it with 5 stars, and 11% with four stars, with 240 ratings. Seems like some people have complained about them sleeping - presumable to save power, although others report they don't, so I'll need to look into that more.

[zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-16 Thread Simon Breden
Which consumer-priced 1.5TB drives do people currently recommend? I had zero read/write/checksum errors so far in 2 years with my trusty old Western Digital WD7500AAKS drives, but now I want to upgrade to a new set of drives that are big, reliable and cheap. As of Jan 2010 it seems the price

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?

2010-01-16 Thread Simon Breden
Which drive model/revision number are you using? I presume you are using the 4-platter version: WD15EADS-00R6B0, but perhaps I am wrong. Also did you run WDTLER.EXE on the drives first, to hasten error reporting times? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Problem with RAID-Z in builds snv_120 - snv_123

2009-09-03 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Adam, Thanks for the info on this. Some people, including myself, reported seeing checksum errors within mirrors too. Is it considered that these checksum errors within mirrors could also be related to this bug, or is there another bug related to checksum errors within mirrors that I should

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-03 Thread Simon Breden
So what's the consensus on checksum errors appearing within mirror vdevs? Is it caused the same bug announced by Adam, or is something else causing it? If so, what's the bug id? Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Problem with RAID-Z in builds snv_120 - snv_123

2009-09-03 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks Adam. I'll look elsewhere for the mirror checksum error issue. In fact there's already a response here, which I shall check up on: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=413169#413169 Thanks again, and I look forward to grabbing 124 soon. Cheers, Simon -- This message

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-03 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks Gaëtan. What's the bug id for this iommu bug on Intel platforms? In my case, I have an AMD processor with ECC RAM, so probably not related to the Intel iommu bug. I'm seeing the checksum errors in a mirrored rpool using SSDs so maybe it could be something like cosmic rays causing

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-02 Thread Simon Breden
I too see checksum errors ocurring for the first time using OpenSolaris 2009.06 on the /dev package repository at version snv_121. I see the problem occur within a mirrored boot pool (rpool) using SSDs. Hardware is AMD BE-2350 (ECC) processor with 4GB ECC memory on MCP55 chipset, although SATA

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-02 Thread Simon Breden
Thanks Markus, I'll give that a try. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-02 Thread Simon Breden
Cheers Frank, I'll give it a try... also, doesn't sound good if the problem goes back pre snv_100... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-02 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Richard, I just took at that link and it only mentions problems with RAID-Z vdevs, but some people here, including myself, have checksum errors with mirrors too, so maybe the link could be updated with this info? Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 - snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-02 Thread Simon Breden
And in addition to which solaris version people are using, is it relevant which ZFS level their pool is using? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] cannot import 'tank': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version

2009-08-29 Thread Simon Breden
Yes, setting the Boot Environment repository URL to http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ worked. My pool had been upgraded to ZFS version 16 previously using the dev repo. 'zpool get all tank' shows the ZFS version. But you can't use this command unless the pool is imported, so when you encounter

Re: [zfs-discuss] cannot import 'tank': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version

2009-08-29 Thread Simon Breden
BTW, if you're interested in seeing my attempts to migrate from a 160 GB IDE drive-based root boot pool to a pair of mirrored 30 GB SSDs, then take a look here: http://breden.org.uk/2009/08/29/home-fileserver-mirrored-ssd-zfs-root-boot/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] cannot import 'tank': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version

2009-08-28 Thread Simon Breden
I was using OpenSolaris 2009.06 on an IDE drive, and decided to reinstall onto a mirror (smaller SSDs). My data pool was a separate pool and before reinstalling onto the new SSDs I exported the data pool. After rebooting and installing OpenSolaris 2009.06 onto the first SSD I tried to import

Re: [zfs-discuss] cannot import 'tank': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version

2009-08-28 Thread Simon Breden
Some more info that might help: I have the old IDE boot drive which I can reconnect if I get no help with this problem. I just hope it will allow me to import the data pool, as this is not guaranteed. Way back, I was using SXCE and the pool was upgraded to the latest ZFS version at the time.

Re: [zfs-discuss] cannot import 'tank': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version

2009-08-28 Thread Simon Breden
Looks like my last IDE-based boot environment may have been pointing to the /dev package repository, so that might explain how the data pool version got ahead of the official 2009.06 one. Will try to fix the problem by pointing the SSD-based BE towards the dev repo and see if I get success.

[zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 2 to 4 SATA drives ?

2009-06-27 Thread Simon Breden
Hi, Does anyone know of a reliable 2 or 4 port SATA card with a solid driver, that plugs into a PCIe slot, so that I can benefit from the high read speeds available from adding a couple of SSDs to form my ZFS root/boot pool? (Each SSD is capable of reading at around 150-200 MBytes/sec) After

Re: [zfs-discuss] SPARC SATA, please.

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Breden
The situation regarding lack of open source drivers for these LSI 1068/1078-based cards is quite scary. And did I understand you correctly when you say that these LSI 1068/1078 drivers write labels to drives, meaning you can't move drives from an LSI controlled array to another arbitrary array

Re: [zfs-discuss] SPARC SATA, please.

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Breden
Miles, thanks for helping clear up the confusion surrounding this subject! My decision is now as above: for my existing NAS to leave the pool as-is, and seek a 2+ SATA port card for the 2-drive mirror for 2 x 30GB SATA boot SSDs that I want to add. For the next NAS build later on this summer,

Re: [zfs-discuss] SPARC SATA, please.

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Breden
I think the confusion is because the 1068 can do hardware RAID, it can and does write its own labels, as well as reserve space for replacements of disks with slightly different sizes. But that is only one mode of operation. So, it sounds like if I use a 1068-based device, and I *don't* want it

Re: [zfs-discuss] SPARC SATA, please.

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Breden
That sounds even better :) So what's the procedure to create a zpool using the 1068? Also, any special 'tricks /tips' / commands required for using a 1068-based SAS/SATA device? Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] SPARC SATA, please.

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks James. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Migration: 1 x 160GB IDE boot drive --- 2 x 30GB SATA SSDs

2009-06-24 Thread Simon Breden
Hi, I have OpenSolaris 2009.06 currently installed on a 160 GB IDE drive. I want to replace this with a 2-way mirror 30 GB SATA SSD boot setup. I found these 2 threads which seem to answer some questions I had, but I still have some questions.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-22 Thread Simon Breden
Also, is anybody using the AOC-USAS-L8i? If so, what's your experience of it, and identifying drives and replacing failed drives with it? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Narrow escape!

2009-06-22 Thread Simon Breden
Lucky one there Ross! Makes me glad I also upgraded to RAID-Z2 ;-) Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] recovering fs's

2009-06-22 Thread Simon Breden
Hi Matt! As kim0 says, that s/w PhotoRec looks like it might work, if it can work with ZFS... would be interested to hear if it works. Good luck, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mobo SATA migration to AOC-SAT2-MV8 SATA card

2009-06-21 Thread Simon Breden
There are probably too many questions in my last post, so I will post the questions as separate forum threads. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-21 Thread Simon Breden
Hi, I'm trying to find out which controller card people here recommend that can drive 8 SATA hard drives and that would work with my Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, which has following expansion slots: 2 x PCI Express x16 slot at x16, x8 speed (PCIe) The main requirements I have are: - drive 8

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-21 Thread Simon Breden
After checking some more sources, it seems that if I used the AOC-SAT2-MV8 with this motherboard, I would need to run it on the standard PCI slot. Here is the full listing of the motherboard's expansion slots: 2 x PCI Express x16 slot at x16, x8 speed 2 x PCI Express x1 3 x PCI 2.2

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-21 Thread Simon Breden
Hey Kebabber, long time no hear! :) It's great to hear that you've had good experiences with the card. It's a great pity to have throughput drop from a potential 1GB/s to 150MB/s, but as most of my use of the NAS is across the network, and not local intra-NAS transfers, this should not be a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Things I Like About ZFS

2009-06-21 Thread Simon Breden
OK, my turn: - combining file system + volume manager + RAID + pool + scrub + resilvering + snapshots + rollback + end-to-end integrity + 256-but block checksums + on-the-fly healing of blocks with checksum errors on read - one liners that are mostly remembered, and simple to guess if forgotten

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacing a failed drive

2009-06-20 Thread Simon Breden
Great, thanks a lot Jeff. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mobo SATA migration to AOC-SAT2-MV8 SATA card

2009-06-20 Thread Simon Breden
OK, thanks again Jeff. Cheers, Simon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mobo SATA migration to AOC-SAT2-MV8 SATA card

2009-06-20 Thread Simon Breden
OK, that should work then, as my boot drive is currently an old IDE drive, which I'm hoping to replace with a SATA SSD. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mobo SATA migration to AOC-SAT2-MV8 SATA card

2009-06-20 Thread Simon Breden
Working on the assumption that you are going to be adding more drives to your server, why not just add the new drives to the Supermicro controller and keep the existing pool (well vdev) where it is? That's not a bad idea. I just thought that the AOC-SAT2-MV8 has 2 more SATA ports than my mobo

[zfs-discuss] Replacing a failed drive

2009-06-19 Thread Simon Breden
Hi, I have a ZFS storage pool consisting of a single RAIDZ2 vdev of 6 drives, and I have a question about replacing a failed drive, should it occur in future. If a drive fails in this double-parity vdev, then am I correct in saying that I would need to (1) unplug the old drive once I've

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