Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs deduplication

2009-08-03 Thread Andre van Eyssen
they obviously attended, but it takes time to get get video and documentation out the door. You can already watch their participation in the ZFS panel online: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1810931 -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] feature proposal

2009-07-29 Thread Andre van Eyssen
to create a directory, or major surgery to the kernel. The former is unworkable, the latter .. scary. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http

Re: [zfs-discuss] feature proposal

2009-07-29 Thread Andre van Eyssen
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, David Magda wrote: Which makes me wonder: is there a programmatic way to determine if a path is on ZFS? statvfs(2) -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] feature proposal

2009-07-29 Thread Andre van Eyssen
by the fact that many programs that create or remove directories do so directly - not by calling externals that would be ZFS aware. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] feature proposal

2009-07-29 Thread Andre van Eyssen
device path, though. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http://pix.purplecow.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Another user looses his pool (10TB) in this case and 40 days work

2009-07-19 Thread Andre van Eyssen
reinstalling those machines. Andre. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http://pix.purplecow.org ___ zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] deduplication

2009-07-12 Thread Andre van Eyssen
quiet until the announcement. I'm just glad I was at the conference where Amber Road was announced and will be attending KCA! -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] deduplication

2009-07-12 Thread Andre van Eyssen
be wide out in the open. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http://pix.purplecow.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why is Solaris 10 ZFS performance so terrible?

2009-07-06 Thread Andre van Eyssen
to Microsoft products. If you change platform every time you get two bugs in a product, you must cycle platforms on a pretty regular basis! -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS, power failures, and UPSes

2009-07-01 Thread Andre van Eyssen
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Ian Collins wrote: 5+ is typical for telco use. Aah, but we start getting into rooms full of giant 2V wet lead acid cells and giant busbars the size of railway tracks. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS, power failures, and UPSes

2009-06-30 Thread Andre van Eyssen
a loose screw on one floor took out a house UPS and 100+ hosts and NEs with it. Andre. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any news on deduplication?

2009-06-30 Thread Andre van Eyssen
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, MC wrote: Any news on the ZFS deduplication work being done? I hear Jeff Bonwick might speak about it this month. Yes, it is definately on the agenda for Kernel Conference Australia (http://www.kernelconference.net) - you should come along! -- Andre van Eyssen. mail

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-21 Thread Andre van Eyssen
to fiddle the target mappings Andre. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http://pix.purplecow.org ___ zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] how to destroy a pool by id?

2009-06-20 Thread Andre van Eyssen
back??! b) I was able to recover my data from -really_dead - can we have -ultra-nuke please? -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http

Re: [zfs-discuss] What can I do to shorten the long awkward names of snapshots?

2009-04-15 Thread Andre van Eyssen
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: Would become: a:freq-041509_1630 Can I suggest perhaps something inspired by the old convention for DNS serials, along the lines of fmmddtt? Like: a:f200904151630 This makes things easier to sort and lines up in a tidy manner. -- Andre van

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Panic

2009-04-09 Thread Andre van Eyssen
compared to much longer downtime from a fault condition arising from careless manhandling of hardware. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http

Re: [zfs-discuss] j4200 drive carriers

2009-02-01 Thread Andre van Eyssen
out of wood that did the job. Now, I'm looking forward to seeing the first Sun JBOD loaded up with CNC-milled mahogany sleds. It'll look great. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber: an...@interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] j4200 drive carriers

2009-02-01 Thread Andre van Eyssen
for it (huh?). If your trusty Sun partner couldn't supply you with memory for an Ultra-40, I'd take that as a sign to find a new partner. EOSL products vanish from websites but parts can still be ordered for them. -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: an...@purplecow.org jabber