Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs zpool recommendation

2008-10-29 Thread Scott Laird
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By Better I meant the best practice for a server running the Netbackup > application. > > I am not seeing how using raidz would be a performance hit. Usually stripes > perform faster than mirrors. raidz performs reads from all de

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs zpool recommendation

2008-10-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Mike wrote: > I am not seeing how using raidz would be a performance hit. Usually > stripes perform faster than mirrors. The mirrors load-share and offer a lot more disk seeking capacity (more IOPS). Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs zpool recommendation

2008-10-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Tomas Ögren wrote: The raidz option will give you more storage at less performance.. The mirror thing has the possibility of achieving higher reliability.. 1 to 3 disks can fail without interruptions, depending on how Murphy picks them.. The raidz1 one can handle 1 disk only

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs zpool recommendation

2008-10-29 Thread Mike
By Better I meant the best practice for a server running the Netbackup application. I am not seeing how using raidz would be a performance hit. Usually stripes perform faster than mirrors. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs zpool recommendation

2008-10-29 Thread Tomas Ögren
On 29 October, 2008 - Mike sent me these 0,7K bytes: > Hi all, > > I have been asked to build a new server and would like to get some > opinions on how to setup a zfs pool for the application running on the > server. The server will be exclusively for running netbackup > application. > > Now wh

[zfs-discuss] zfs zpool recommendation

2008-10-29 Thread Mike
Hi all, I have been asked to build a new server and would like to get some opinions on how to setup a zfs pool for the application running on the server. The server will be exclusively for running netbackup application. Now which would be better? setting up a raidz pool with 6x146gig drives or