Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-02-04 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> We have two 100TB boxes running as Bacula storage agents, each a > supermicro box with 40 disks (2 2,5" 500GB drives internally for the > rpool, 2 SSDs for SLOG). The remaining 35 slots are used for two L2ARC > devices (Micron, former Cruzial RealSSD C300). The drives are WD > Black, and they see

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-02-04 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> 100TB storage? Cool! What is the hardware? How many discs? Gief me ze > hardware! :oP > 100TB storage? Cool! What is the hardware? How many discs? Gief me ze > hardware! :oP We have two 100TB boxes running as Bacula storage agents, each a supermicro box with 40 disks (2 2,5" 500GB drives inte

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-02-04 Thread Orvar Korvar
100TB storage? Cool! What is the hardware? How many discs? Gief me ze hardware! :oP -- 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] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-02-01 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > > > Even *with* an L2ARC, your memory requirements are *substantial*, > > because the L2ARC itself needs RAM. 8 GB is simply inadequate for your > > test. > > With 50TB

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-01-31 Thread Garrett D'Amore
On 01/31/11 06:40 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: - Original Message - Even *with* an L2ARC, your memory requirements are *substantial*, because the L2ARC itself needs RAM. 8 GB is simply inadequate for your test. With 50TB storage, and 1TB if L2ARC, with no dedup, what amou

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-01-31 Thread Richard Elling
On Jan 31, 2011, at 6:16 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: >> Even *with* an L2ARC, your memory requirements are *substantial*, >> because the L2ARC itself needs RAM. 8 GB is simply inadequate for your >> test. > > With 50TB storage, and 1TB if L2ARC, with no dedup, what amount of ARC would > you

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-01-31 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
- Original Message - > > Even *with* an L2ARC, your memory requirements are *substantial*, > > because the L2ARC itself needs RAM. 8 GB is simply inadequate for > > your > > test. > > With 50TB storage, and 1TB if L2ARC, with no dedup, what amount of ARC > would you would you recommeend? >

[zfs-discuss] ZFS and L2ARC memory requirements?

2011-01-31 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> Even *with* an L2ARC, your memory requirements are *substantial*, > because the L2ARC itself needs RAM. 8 GB is simply inadequate for your > test. With 50TB storage, and 1TB if L2ARC, with no dedup, what amount of ARC would you would you recommeend? And then, _with_ dedup, what would you reco