[zfs-discuss] SAN arrays with NVRAM cache : ZIL and zfs_nocacheflush

2007-11-27 Thread Nicolas Dorfsman
Hi, I read some articles on solarisinternals.com like ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide on http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide . They clearly suggest to disable cache flush http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide#FLUSH . It seems to be

Re: [zfs-discuss] SAN arrays with NVRAM cache : ZIL and zfs_nocacheflush

2007-11-27 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: They clearly suggest to disable cache flush http://www.solarisinternals.com/ wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide#FLUSH . It seems to be the only serious article on the net about this subject. Could someone here state on this tuning suggestion ? My cu is running

Re: [zfs-discuss] SAN arrays with NVRAM cache : ZIL and zfs_nocacheflush

2007-11-27 Thread Vincent Fox
The info in that tuning guide depends on what Solaris version you are working with. Last I checked it was not current. I use Solaris 10u4 and have zfs_nocacheflush set. Haven't played with using alternate disks for ZIL yet not really sure what that does to my HA model. I have mirrored LUNS

Re: [zfs-discuss] SAN arrays with NVRAM cache : ZIL and zfs_nocacheflush

2007-11-27 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Interesting. The HDS folks I talked to said the array no-ops the cache sync. Which models were you using? Midrange only, right? HDS modular product -- ours is 9520V, which was the smallest available. It has a mix of FC and SATA drives (yes, really). Check the HDS