Re: [zfs-discuss] partioned cache devices

2013-03-19 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-03-19 22:07, Andrew Gabriel wrote: The GPT partitioning spec requires the disk to be FDISK partitioned with just one single FDISK partition of type EFI, so that tools which predate GPT partitioning will still see such a GPT disk as fully assigned to FDISK partitions, and therefore less li

Re: [zfs-discuss] partioned cache devices

2013-03-19 Thread Andrew Gabriel
On 03/19/13 20:27, Jim Klimov wrote: I disagree; at least, I've always thought differently: the "d" device is the whole disk denomination, with a unique number for a particular controller link ("c+t"). The disk has some partitioning table, MBR or GPT/EFI. In these tables, partition "p0" stands f

Re: [zfs-discuss] partioned cache devices

2013-03-19 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-03-19 20:38, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Hi Andrew, Your original syntax was incorrect. A p* device is a larger container for the d* device or s* devices. In the case of a cache device, you need to specify a d* or s* device. That you can add p* devices to a pool is a bug. I disagree; at l

Re: [zfs-discuss] partioned cache devices

2013-03-19 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Andrew Werchowiecki wrote: Total disk size is 9345 cylinders Cylinder size is 12544 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition StatusType Start End Length% = ==

Re: [zfs-discuss] What would be the best tutorial cum reference doc for ZFS

2013-03-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
There are links to videos and other materials here: http://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/ZFS Not as organized as I'd like... On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:30 AM, Hans J. Albertsson < hans.j.alberts...@branneriet.se> wrote: > as used on Illumos? > > I've seen a few tutorials written by people who obv

Re: [zfs-discuss] What would be the best tutorial cum reference doc for ZFS

2013-03-19 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Hans, Start with the ZFS Admin Guide, here: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29007/index.html Or, start with your specific questions. Thanks, Cindy On 03/19/13 03:30, Hans J. Albertsson wrote: as used on Illumos? I've seen a few tutorials written by people who obviously are very

Re: [zfs-discuss] partioned cache devices

2013-03-19 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Andrew, Your original syntax was incorrect. A p* device is a larger container for the d* device or s* devices. In the case of a cache device, you need to specify a d* or s* device. That you can add p* devices to a pool is a bug. Adding different slices from c25t10d1 as both log and cache dev

Re: [zfs-discuss] What would be the best tutorial cum reference doc for ZFS

2013-03-19 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Hans J. Albertsson > > I'm looking for something that would make me afterwards understand what, > say, commands like zpool import ... or zfs send ... actually do, and > some idea as to why, so

[zfs-discuss] What would be the best tutorial cum reference doc for ZFS

2013-03-19 Thread Hans J. Albertsson
as used on Illumos? I've seen a few tutorials written by people who obviously are very action oriented; afterwards you find you have worn your keyboard down a bit and not learned a lot at all, at least not in the sense of understanding what zfs is and what it does and why things are the way t