Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2010-01-10 Thread Arnaud Brand
We had a similar problem on Areca 1680. It was caused by a drive that didn't properly reset (took ~2 seconds each time according to the drive tray's led). Replacing the drive solved this problem, but then we hit another problem which you can see in this thread :

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2010-01-10 Thread Rob
Hello Arnaud, Thanks for your reply. We have a system ( 2 x Xeon 5410, Intel S5000PSL mobo and 8 GB memory) with 12 x 500 GB SATA disks on a Areca 1130 controller. rpool is a mirror over 2 disks. 8 disks in raidz2, 1 spare. We have 2 aggr links. Our goal is a ESX storage system, I am using

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2009-01-09 Thread Diego Remolina
Could you explain if you did any specific configuration on the Areca Raid controller other than setting it to Raid and manually marking every disk as pass-trhough so that the disks are viewable from opensolaris? I have an ARC-1680ix-16. I have tried two configurations. JBOD and RAID but making

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-11-12 Thread Joe Crain
I had the same problem described by kometen with our Areca ARC-1680 controller on opensolaris 2008.05. We were using the controller in JBOD mode and allowing zpool to to use entire disks. Setting the drives in pass-through mode on the Areca controller manager solved the issue. Also worthy

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-08-21 Thread Brian Couper
Hi, One of the thing you could have done to continue the resilver is zpool clear This would have let you continue to replace the drive you pulled out. Once that was done you could have them figured out what was wrong with the second faulty drive. The second drive only had check sum errors, ZFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-08-05 Thread Claus Guttesen
I installed solaris express developer edition (b79) on a supermicro quad-core harpertown E5405 with 8 GB ram and two internal sata-drives. I installed solaris onto one of the internal drives. I added an areca arc-1680 sas-controller and configured it in jbod-mode. I attached an external

[zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Claus Guttesen
Hi. I installed solaris express developer edition (b79) on a supermicro quad-core harpertown E5405 with 8 GB ram and two internal sata-drives. I installed solaris onto one of the internal drives. I added an areca arc-1680 sas-controller and configured it in jbod-mode. I attached an external

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Claus Guttesen
I installed solaris express developer edition (b79) on a supermicro quad-core harpertown E5405 with 8 GB ram and two internal sata-drives. I installed solaris onto one of the internal drives. I added an areca arc-1680 sas-controller and configured it in jbod-mode. I attached an external

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Jul 25, 2008, at 7:27 AM, Claus Guttesen wrote: I'm running the version that was supplied on the CD, this is 1.20.00.15 from 2007-04-04. The firmware is V1.45 from 2008-3-27. Check the version at the Areca website. They may have a more recent driver there. The dates are later for the

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Claus Guttesen
I'm running the version that was supplied on the CD, this is 1.20.00.15 from 2007-04-04. The firmware is V1.45 from 2008-3-27. Check the version at the Areca website. They may have a more recent driver there. The dates are later for the 1.20.00.15 and there is a -71010 extension.

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Miles Nordin
jcm == James C McPherson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jcm I'm not convinced that this is a valid test; yanking a disk it is the ONLY valid test. it's just testing more than ZFS. pgpHTHYtENLmG.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Richard Elling
Miles Nordin wrote: jcm == James C McPherson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jcm I'm not convinced that this is a valid test; yanking a disk it is the ONLY valid test. it's just testing more than ZFS. disagree. It is only a test of the failure mode of yanking a disk. I will

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Miles Nordin
re == Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: re I will submit that this failure mode is often best re solved by door locks, not software. First, not just door locks, but: * redundant power supplies * sleds and Maintain Me, Please lights * high-strung extremely conservative

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Miles Nordin wrote: I think I'm going to want a ``simulate channel A failure'' button on this $700 sled. If only the sled weren't so expensive I could Why don't you just purchase the smallest possible drive from Sun and replace it with a cheap graymarket 1.5TB drive from

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-07-25 Thread Richard Elling
Miles Nordin wrote: re == Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: re I will submit that this failure mode is often best re solved by door locks, not software. First, not just door locks, but: * redundant power supplies * sleds and Maintain Me, Please lights *