Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding disks [was: # disks per vdev]

2011-07-05 Thread Lanky Doodle
OK, I have finally settled on hardware; 2x LSI SAS3081E-R controllers 2x Seagate Momentus 5400.6 rpool disks 15x Hitachi 5K3000 'data' disks I am still undecided as to how to group the disks. I have read elsewhere that raid-z1 is best suited with either 3 or 5 disks and raid-z2 is better suited

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding disks [was: # disks per vdev]

2011-07-05 Thread Orvar Korvar
The LSI2008 chipset is supported and works very well. I would actually use 2 vdevs; 8 disks in each. And I would configure each vdev as raidz2. Maybe use one hot spare. And I also have personal, subjective reasons: I like to use the number of 8 in computers. 7 is an ugly number. Everything is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding disks [was: # disks per vdev]

2011-07-05 Thread Lanky Doodle
Thanks. I ruled out the SAS2008 controller as my motherboard is only PCIe 1.0 so would not have been able to make the most of the difference in increased bandwidth. I can't see myself upgrading every few months (my current WHZ build has lasted over 4 years without a single change) so by the

[zfs-discuss] I/O Currently Suspended Need Help Repairing

2011-07-05 Thread zfsnoob4
Hey guys, I had a zfs system in raidz1 that was working until there was a power outage and now I'm getting this: pool: tank state: DEGRADED status: One or more devices are faulted in response to IO failures. action: Make sure the affected devices are connected, then run 'zpool clear'.

Re: [zfs-discuss] I/O Currently Suspended Need Help Repairing

2011-07-05 Thread zfsnoob4
Ok so now I have no idea what to do. The scrub is not working either. The pool is only 3x 1.5TB drives so it should not take so long. Does anyone know what I should do next? pool: tank state: DEGRADED status: One or more devices are faulted in response to IO failures. action: Make sure the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding disks [was: # disks per vdev]

2011-07-05 Thread Paul Kraus
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Lanky Doodle lanky_doo...@hotmail.com wrote: OK, I have finally settled on hardware; 2x LSI SAS3081E-R controllers 2x Seagate Momentus 5400.6 rpool disks 15x Hitachi 5K3000 'data' disks I am still undecided as to how to group the disks. I have read elsewhere

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Orvar Korvar Here is my problem: I have an 1.5TB disk with OpenSolaris (b134, b151a) using non AHCI. I then changed to AHCI in BIOS, which results in severe problems: I can not boot the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Edward Ned Harvey opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Orvar Korvar Here is my problem: I have an 1.5TB disk with OpenSolaris (b134, b151a)

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding disks [was: # disks per vdev]

2011-07-05 Thread Krunal Desai
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Lanky Doodle lanky_doo...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks. I ruled out the SAS2008 controller as my motherboard is only PCIe 1.0 so would not have been able to make the most of the difference in increased bandwidth. Only PCIe 1.0? What chipset is that based on?

Re: [zfs-discuss] I/O Currently Suspended Need Help Repairing

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Klimov
Hello, Are you certain that after the outage your disks are indeed accessible? * What does BIOS say? * Are there any errors reported in dmesg output or the /var/adm/messages file? * Does the format command return in a timely manner? ** Can you access and print the disk labels in format command?

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Kalle Anka
Ok, so I switch back and then I have my data back? But, it does not work. Because, meanwhile I switched, I tried to zpool import which messed up the drive. Then I switched back, but my data is still not accessible. Earlier, when I switched, I did not do a zpool import and when I switched

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Klimov
2011-07-05 17:11, Fajar A. Nugraha пишет: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Edward Ned Harvey opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Orvar Korvar Here is my problem: I have an

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Paul Kraus
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha w...@fajar.net wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Edward Ned Harvey opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Orvar Korvar

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding disks [was: # disks per vdev]

2011-07-05 Thread Trond Michelsen
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Lanky Doodle lanky_doo...@hotmail.com wrote: OK, I have finally settled on hardware; 2x LSI SAS3081E-R controllers Beware that this controller does not support drives larger than 2TB. -- Trond Michelsen ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Klimov
2011-07-05 19:21, Paul Kraus wrote: While I agree that you should not change the controller mode with data behind it, I did do that on a Supermicro system running OpenSuSE and Linux LVM mirrors with no issues. I suspect because Linux both loads the AHCI drivers in the mini-root (to use a Sun

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Orvar Korvar
I have already formatted one disk, so I can not try this anymore. (But, importing the zpool with the name rpool and exporting the rpool again, was successful. I can now use the disk as usual. But this did not work on the other disk, so I formatted it) -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] I/O Currently Suspended Need Help Repairing

2011-07-05 Thread zfsnoob4
Thanks for your help, I did a zpool clear and now this happens: pool: tank state: ONLINE status: One or more devices has experienced an error resulting in data corruption. Applications may be affected. action: Restore the file in question if possible. Otherwise restore the

Re: [zfs-discuss] I/O Currently Suspended Need Help Repairing

2011-07-05 Thread zfsnoob4
Reading through this page (http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/ZFSADMIN/gbbwl.html), it seems like all I need to do is 'rm' the file. The problem is finding it in the first place. Near the bottom of this page it says: If the damage is within a file data block, then the file can safely be

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changed to AHCI, can not access disk???

2011-07-05 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2011-Jul-05 21:03:50 +0800, Edward Ned Harvey opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Orvar Korvar ... I suspect the problem is because I changed to AHCI. This is normal,