Re: [zfs-discuss] adpu320 scsi timeouts only with ZFS

2010-01-19 Thread Andreas Grüninger
Maybe there are too many I/Os for this controller. You may try this settings B130 echo zfs_txg_synctime_ms/W0t2000 | mdb -kw echo zfs_vdev_max_pending/W0t5 | mdb -kw older versions echo zfs_txg_synctime/W0t2 | mdb -kw echo zfs_vdev_max_pending/W0t5 | mdb -kw Andreas -- This message posted

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD sale on newegg

2010-04-20 Thread Andreas Grüninger
I did the same experiment in an VMWare guest (SLES10 x64). The archive was stored on the vdisk and untarring went to the same vdisk. The storage backend is sun system with 64 GB RAM, 2*QC cpus, 24 SAS disks with 450 GB, 4 vdevs with 6 disks as RAIDZ2, an Intel X25-E as log device (c2t1d0). A

Re: [zfs-discuss] build a zfs continuous data replication in opensolaris

2010-04-22 Thread Andreas Grüninger
You may have a look in the whitepaper from Torsten Frueauf. see here http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/137/4/OpenSolaris/22016 This should give you the functionality of a DRBD-Cluster. Andreas -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] build a zfs continuous data replication in opensolaris

2010-04-22 Thread Andreas Grüninger
If you read this http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/download/Project+colorado/files/Whitepaper-OpenHAClusterOnOpenSolaris-external.pdf and especially starting at page 25 you will find a detailed explanation how to implement a storage cluster with shared storage based on Comstar and ISCSI. If you want

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool/zfs list question

2010-05-31 Thread Andreas Grüninger
Use zfs get -Hp used pool1/nfs1 to get a parsable output. Andreas -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris 10U8, Sun Cluster, and SSD issues.

2010-06-01 Thread Andreas Grüninger
The Intel SSD is not a dual ported SAS device. This device must be supported by the SAS expander in your external chassis. Did you use an AAMUX transposer card for the SATA device between the connector of the chassis and the SATA drive? Andreas -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Monitoring filessytem access

2010-06-18 Thread Andreas Grüninger
Here is a dtrace script based of one of the examples for the nfs provider. Especially useful when you use NFS for ESX or other hypervisors. Andreas #!/usr/sbin/dtrace -s #pragma D option quiet inline int TOP_FILES = 50; dtrace:::BEGIN { printf(Tracing... Hit Ctrl-C to end.\n);

Re: [zfs-discuss] SCSI write retry errors on ZIL SSD drives...

2010-08-25 Thread Andreas Grüninger
Ray Supermicro does not support the use of SSDs behind an expander. You must put the SSD in the head or use an interposer card see here: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/standard_product_ics/sas_sata_protocol_bridge/lsiss9252/index.html Supermicro offers an interposer card too:

Re: [zfs-discuss] SCSI write retry errors on ZIL SSD drives...

2010-08-25 Thread Andreas Grüninger
This was the information I got from the distributor but this faq is newer. Anyway you have still the problems. When we installed the Intel-X25 we had also problems with timeout. We replaced the original SUN StorageTek SAS HBA (LSI based, 1068E, newest firmware) with an original SUN StorageTek