Re: [zfs-discuss] Availability: ZFS needs to handle disk removal / driver failure better

2008-09-06 Thread Ross
Hey folks, Well, there haven't been any more comments knocking holes in this idea, so I'm wondering now if I should log this as an RFE? Is this something others would find useful? Ross -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] SAS or SATA HBA with write cache

2008-09-06 Thread Ross
Hey Miles, Yes, you remembered right. If the zpool.cache file is there, Solaris will mount the pool fine on boot with or without the slog. So if you're running a slog, make sure you keep a backup of that file! I was told that work is being done to make zpool import work the same way so

Re: [zfs-discuss] corrupt zfs stream? checksum mismatch

2008-09-06 Thread Ross
Hey Richard, I've just seen that somebody else has been caught out by this. Do you think it would be worth adding an RFE to add 'send to file' support to ZFS send? I'll be using data piped to file myself, and while I'm not worried about corruption myself, if ZFS send knows it's sending to a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sun samba - ZFS ACLs

2008-09-06 Thread Sean McGrath
Paul B. Henson stated: [snip] I tried installing the Sun provided samba source code package to try to do some debugging on my own, but it won't even compile, configure fails with: checking for ldap_add_result_entry... no configure: error: Active Directory support requires

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Ross
There is an unsupported driver available though, I posted it to the forums a few months ago: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=260281 The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the

Re: [zfs-discuss] [install-discuss] Will OpenSolaris and Nevada co-exist in peace on the same root zpool

2008-09-06 Thread Johan Hartzenberg
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:06 PM, James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Johan Hartzenberg writes: I am guessing the answer is YMMV depending on the differences in versions of, for example Firefox, Gnome, Thunderbird, etc, and based on how well these cope with settings that was changed by

Re: [zfs-discuss] Availability: ZFS needs to handle disk removal / driver failure better

2008-09-06 Thread Richard Elling
Ross wrote: Hey folks, Well, there haven't been any more comments knocking holes in this idea, so I'm wondering now if I should log this as an RFE? go for it! Is this something others would find useful? Yes. But remember that this has a very limited scope. Basically it will

Re: [zfs-discuss] corrupt zfs stream? checksum mismatch

2008-09-06 Thread Richard Elling
Ross wrote: Hey Richard, I've just seen that somebody else has been caught out by this. Do you think it would be worth adding an RFE to add 'send to file' support to ZFS send? No. Pipes are a foundation of UNIX and are much more flexible than a fixed file interface (as shown below...

Re: [zfs-discuss] eWeek: corrupt file brought down FAA's antiquated IT system

2008-09-06 Thread Sean Sprague
Tim, And let this be a lesson to all of you not to write code that is too good. If you can't sell an update (patch) every 6 months, you'll be out of business as well :D Updates are generally functionality enhancements, which may well be chargeable; whereas patches are problem-fixes; which

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Kaya Bekiroğlu
The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the second insists they have shipped the cards it's been three weeks now and there's no sign of them. Thanks to Google Shopping I was able to order

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Albert Chin
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 11:16:15AM -0700, Kaya Bekiroğlu wrote: The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the second insists they have shipped the cards it's been three weeks now and

[zfs-discuss] Joshua P Martin is out of the office

2008-09-06 Thread Joshua . P . Martin
I will be out of the office starting 09/05/2008 and will not return until 09/08/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message contains information which may be legally confidential and/or privileged and does not in any case represent a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Tim
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Albert Chin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 11:16:15AM -0700, Kaya Bekiroğlu wrote: The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the second

[zfs-discuss] ZFS over multiple iSCSI targets

2008-09-06 Thread Matthew Plumb
I currently use a Linux server w/ 8 disks (approx. 3Tb) as an NFS/SAMBA/netatalk fileserver. I have a matching Linux server as a backup, using nightly rsync jobs to keep the backup current. I use LVM, so replacing a disk is doable, but kind of a pain. Also, I really wanted to use encrypted

[zfs-discuss] Micro Memory NVRAM driver works; NFS writes and fast slogs

2008-09-06 Thread Kaya Bekiroğlu
On Sep 6, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Kaya Bekiroğlu wrote: Thanks to Google Shopping I was able to order two of these cards from: http://www.printsavings.com/01390371OP-discount-MICRO+MEMORY-MM5425--512MB-NVRAM-battery.aspx They appear to be in good working order, but unfortunately I am unable to

Re: [zfs-discuss] Joshua P Martin is out of the office

2008-09-06 Thread Richard Elling
Yo Josh, when your confidentiality notice is more than 3x longer than your contribution to a discussion, you need to thump your corporate lawyers. -- richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be out of the office starting 09/05/2008 and will not return until 09/08/2008. I will respond to your