[zfs-discuss] ZFS and oracle on SAN disks

2009-11-10 Thread Ian Garbutt
I believe the best practice is to use seperate disks/zpool for oracle database files as the record size needs to be set the same as the db block size - when using a jbod or internal disks. If the server is using a large SAN LUN can anybody see any issues if there is only one zpool and the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Change a zpool to raidz

2010-03-12 Thread Ian Garbutt
Thats fair enough, pity there isn't a simpler way. Many thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Best way to expand a raidz pool

2010-04-19 Thread Ian Garbutt
Having looked through the forum I gather that you cannot just add an additional device to to raidz pool. This being the case is what are the alternatives that I could to expand a raidz pool? Thanks Ian -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best way to expand a raidz pool

2010-04-19 Thread Ian Garbutt
Thats not easy for me, I have all the storage spilt up into the same size LUNS so I can't allocate larger luns and the vdev (looking at previous posts) won't give the raid protection. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best way to expand a raidz pool

2010-04-19 Thread Ian Garbutt
Get a life -- 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] Best way to expand a raidz pool

2010-04-20 Thread Ian Garbutt
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