Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-22 Thread Moutacim LACHHAB
Nicolas Williams schrieb: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 04:09:29PM -0400, Miles Nordin wrote: Also, as I said elsewhere, there's a barrier controlled by Sun to getting bugs accepted. This is a useful barrier: the bug database is a more useful drive toward improvement if it's not cluttered. It

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-20 Thread Dave
Haudy Kazemi wrote: I think a better question would be: what kind of tests would be most promising for turning some subclass of these lost pools reported on the mailing list into an actionable bug? my first bet would be writing tools that test for ignored sync cache commands leading to lost

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-20 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
Hi, Miles! Hope, weather is fine at your place. :-) On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Miles Nordin wrote: I understood Bogdan's post was a trap: ``provide bug numbers. Oh, they're fixed? nothing to see here then. no bugs? nothing to see here then.'' Would be great if you do not put a words

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-19 Thread Miles Nordin
ic == Ian Collins masuma@quicksilver.net.nz writes: Access to the bug database is controlled. ic No, the bug databse is open. no, it isn't. Not all the bugs are visible, and after submitting a bug it has to be approved. Neither is true of the mailing list. pgpZrCTBzKBaa.pgp

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-19 Thread Miles Nordin
bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: bmm OK, so what is the status of your bugreport about this? That's a good question if it's meant genuinely, and not to be obstructionist. It's hard to report one bug with clear information because the problem isn't well-isolated

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-19 Thread Tim Haley
Miles Nordin wrote: bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: bmm OK, so what is the status of your bugreport about this? That's a good question if it's meant genuinely, and not to be obstructionist. It's hard to report one bug with clear information because the problem

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-19 Thread Miles Nordin
th == Tim Haley tim.ha...@sun.com writes: th The second is marked as a duplicate of 6784395, fixed in th snv_107, 20 weeks ago. Yeah nice sleuthing. :/ I understood Bogdan's post was a trap: ``provide bug numbers. Oh, they're fixed? nothing to see here then. no bugs? nothing to see

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-19 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 04:09:29PM -0400, Miles Nordin wrote: Also, as I said elsewhere, there's a barrier controlled by Sun to getting bugs accepted. This is a useful barrier: the bug database is a more useful drive toward improvement if it's not cluttered. It also means, like I said,

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-19 Thread Haudy Kazemi
I think a better question would be: what kind of tests would be most promising for turning some subclass of these lost pools reported on the mailing list into an actionable bug? my first bet would be writing tools that test for ignored sync cache commands leading to lost writes, and apply them

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-18 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
2009/6/18 Timh Bergström timh.bergst...@diino.net: USB-sticks has proven a bad idea with zfs mirrors I think, USB sticks is bad idea for mirrors in general... :-) ZFS on iSCSI *is* flaky OK, so what is the status of your bugreport about this? Was ignored or just rejected?.. Flaming people on

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-18 Thread Timh Bergström
Den 18 juni 2009 09.42 skrev Bogdan M. Maryniukbogdan.maryn...@gmail.com: ZFS on iSCSI *is* flaky OK, so what is the status of your bugreport about this? Was ignored or just rejected?.. No bug report because I don't think it's the file systems fault, and why bother when disappearing vdevs

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-18 Thread Miles Nordin
bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: tt == Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au writes: bmm That's why I think that speaking My $foo crashes therefore it bmm is all crap is bad idea: either help to fix it or just don't bmm use it, First, people are allowed to

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-18 Thread Toby Thain
On 18-Jun-09, at 12:14 PM, Miles Nordin wrote: bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: tt == Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au writes: ... tt /. is no person... ... you and I both know it's plausible speculation that Apple delayed unleashing ZFS on their consumers

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-18 Thread Sean Sprague
Toby, On 17-Jun-09, at 7:37 AM, Orvar Korvar wrote: Ok, so you mean the comments are mostly FUD and bull shit? Because there are no bug reports from the whiners? Could this be the case? It is mostly FUD? Hmmm...? Having read the thread, I would say without a doubt. Slashdot was never

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Orvar Korvar
Ok, so you mean the comments are mostly FUD and bull shit? Because there are no bug reports from the whiners? Could this be the case? It is mostly FUD? Hmmm...? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Orvar Korvarno-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: Ok, so you mean the comments are mostly FUD and bull shit? Unless there is real step-by-step reproducible proof, then yes, it is completely useless waste of time and BS that I would not care at all, if I were you. --

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Toby Thain
On 17-Jun-09, at 7:37 AM, Orvar Korvar wrote: Ok, so you mean the comments are mostly FUD and bull shit? Because there are no bug reports from the whiners? Could this be the case? It is mostly FUD? Hmmm...? Having read the thread, I would say without a doubt. Slashdot was never the

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Miles Nordin
bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: tt == Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au writes: ok == Orvar Korvar no-re...@opensolaris.org writes: bmm Personally I am running various open solaris versions on a bmm VirtualBox as a crash dummy, as well as running osol on a

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Toby Thain
On 17-Jun-09, at 5:42 PM, Miles Nordin wrote: bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: tt == Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au writes: ok == Orvar Korvar no-re...@opensolaris.org writes: tt Slashdot was never the place to go for accurate information tt about ZFS.

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Miles Nordincar...@ivy.net wrote: Surely you can understand there is such thing as a ``hard to reproduce problem?''  Is the phrase so new to you?  If you'd experience with other filesystems in their corruption-prone infancy, it wouldn't be. I understand your

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Ian Collins
On Thu 18/06/09 09:42 , Miles Nordin car...@ivy.net sent: Access to the bug database is controlled. No, the bug databse is open. Ian. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Timh Bergström
The way I see it is that eventhough ZFS may be a wonderful filesystem, it is not the best solution for every possible (odd) setup. I.e USB-sticks has proven a bad idea with zfs mirrors, ergo - dont do it(tm). ZFS on iSCSI *is* flaky and a host-reboot without telling the target will most likely

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-17 Thread Timh Bergström
Den 18 juni 2009 06.47 skrev Timh Bergströmtimh.bergst...@diino.net: The way I see it is that eventhough ZFS may be a wonderful filesystem, it is not the best solution for every possible (odd) setup. I.e USB-sticks has proven a bad idea with zfs mirrors, ergo - dont do it(tm). ZFS on iSCSI

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-16 Thread Orvar Korvar
I totally agree with you. I am just concerned about ZFS' reputation. If there are complaints, what should SUN do? Should the complaints be taken seriously or not? Me love ZFS, and I dont want it to loose it's credibility. BTW, ZFS rocks. Hard. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-16 Thread Moutacim LACHHAB
Hi, If there are complaints, what should SUN do? Should the complaints be taken seriously or not? Customer complaints are ALWAYS taken serious by SUN, and more than that, with those kind of statements Bugs could be traced, problems resolved and so far filesystem -ZFS- could be improved.

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-16 Thread Miles Nordin
bmm == Bogdan M Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com writes: bmm but all the time when yet another slashdotter (read: teenager) bmm screams the comments about data loss were mostly quoting this list. And some of the posters have said ``I'm losing a lot more ZFS pools than UFS and VxFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-16 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Miles Nordincar...@ivy.net wrote: What have you done to try to reproduce the problem? Well, if you had posted here steps that fails for you and I missed this, then I am sorry, I would like to get this somewhere from archive and try. However, please don't get me

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-16 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Miles Nordin car...@ivy.net wrote: What have you done to try to reproduce the problem? P.S. I've read that Slashdot article and all the comments and even replied some. Plus, I've actually tried to reproduce few things that they vaguely are able to describe. No

[zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Orvar Korvar
According to this webpage, there are some errors that makes ZFS unusable under certain conditions. That is not really optimal for an Enterprise file system. In my opinion the ZFS team should focus on bug correction instead of adding new functionality. The functionality that exists far surpass

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Orvar Korvar no-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: According to this webpage, there are some errors that makes ZFS unusable under certain conditions. That is not really optimal for an Enterprise file system. In my opinion the ZFS team should focus on bug correction instead of adding new

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Orvar Korvar
In the comments there are several people complaining of loosing data. That doesnt sound to good. It takes a long time to build a good reputation, and 5 minutes to ruin it. We dont want ZFS to loose it's reputation of an uber file system. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Orvar Korvar wrote: In the comments there are several people complaining of loosing data. That doesnt sound to good. It takes a long time to build a good reputation, and 5 minutes to ruin it. We dont want ZFS to loose it's reputation of an uber file system. I recognize

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Tim Cook
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Joerg Schilling joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: Orvar Korvar no-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: According to this webpage, there are some errors that makes ZFS unusable under certain conditions. That is not really optimal for an Enterprise file

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Sean Sprague
Orvar Korvar wrote: In the comments there are several people complaining of loosing data. That doesnt sound to good. It takes a long time to build a good reputation, and 5 minutes to ruin it. We dont want ZFS to loose it's reputation of an uber file system. With due respect, I recommend

Re: [zfs-discuss] APPLE: ZFS need bug corrections instead of new func! Or?

2009-06-15 Thread Bogdan M. Maryniuk
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Orvar Korvarno-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: According to this webpage, there are some errors that makes ZFS unusable under certain conditions. That is not really optimal for an Enterprise file system. In my opinion the ZFS team should focus on bug correction