Re: [zfs-discuss] Hard drives for ZFS NAS

2010-05-12 Thread Joe S
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Emily Grettel emilygrettelis...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm wondering what other people are using, even though the Green series has let me down, I'm still a Western Digital gal. What do people already use on their enterprise level NAS's? Any good Seagates? FWIW,

[zfs-discuss] eon or nexentacore or opensolaris

2009-05-22 Thread Joe S
I don't want to run SXCE anymore. I'm trying to decide between: EON ZFS NAS http://eonstorage.blogspot.com/ --or-- NexentaCore Platform (v2.0 RC3) http://www.nexenta.org/os/NexentaCore --or-- OpenSolaris 2009.06 (when it's released) My needs are: * Easy package management * Easy upgrades *

[zfs-discuss] Error ZFS-8000-9P

2009-04-03 Thread Joe S
Today, I noticed this: [...@coruscant$] zpool status pool: tank state: ONLINE status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error. An attempt was made to correct the error. Applications are unaffected. action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Error ZFS-8000-9P

2009-04-03 Thread Joe S
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Joe S js.li...@gmail.com wrote: Today, I noticed this: [...@coruscant$] zpool status  pool: tank  state: ONLINE status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An        attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-06 Thread Joe S
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Kyle Kakligian kaklig...@google.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Richard Elling richard.ell...@gmail.com wrote: additional comment below... Kyle Kakligian wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: that link

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backing up ZFS snapshots

2009-02-18 Thread Joe S
I appreciate the feedback. I've decided to: * create daily ZFS snapshots and zfs send these to separate external disks (via esata). * create monthly full backups via rsync, tar, or amanda on separate external disks. I'm not going to store everything on S3, it is too expensive. However, I will

[zfs-discuss] Backing up ZFS snapshots

2009-02-17 Thread Joe S
I have an OpenSolaris snv_105 server at home that holds my photos, docs, music, etc, in a zfs pool. I backup my laptops with rsync to the OpenSolaris server. All of my important data is in one place, on the OpenSolaris server. I want to backup this data. I want to protect against losing my data,

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backing up ZFS snapshots

2009-02-17 Thread Joe S
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, David Magda dma...@ee.ryerson.ca wrote: On Feb 17, 2009, at 17:56, Joe S wrote: Does that sound like a viable backup solution? It has been explicitly stated numerous times that the output of 'zfs send' has no guarantees and it is undocumented. From zfs(1M

[zfs-discuss] Can the new consumer NAS devices run OpenSolaris?

2009-01-12 Thread Joe S
In the last few weeks, I've seen a number of new NAS devices released from companies like HP, QNAP, VIA, Lacie, Buffalo, Iomega, Cisco/Linksys, etc. Most of these are powered by Intel Celeron, Intel Atom, AMD Sempron, Marvell Orion, or Via C7 chips. I've also noticed that most allow a maximum of 1

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can the new consumer NAS devices run OpenSolaris?

2009-01-12 Thread Joe S
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, JZ j...@excelsioritsolutions.com wrote: try that first, and then please ask again - will run OpenSolaris? You don't run things on NAS boxes, you attach things to them. These NAS devices need an OS. They come preinstalled with Windows Home Server. I would like

Re: [zfs-discuss] SMART data

2008-12-08 Thread Joe S
Aulbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Joe, Joe S wrote: How do I get SMART data from my drives? I'm running snv_101 on AMD64. I have 6x SATA disks. I guess that highly depends how these are connected. If they are not 'hidden' behind a RAID-controller, you might have success with http

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading my ZFS server

2008-12-08 Thread Joe S
I did not use the Marvell nic. I use an Intel gigabit pci nic (e1000g0). On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:03 PM, SV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: js.lists , or anyone else who is using a XFX MDA72P7509 Motherboard --- that onboard NIC is a Marvell? - Do you choose not to use it in favor of the Intel

[zfs-discuss] SMART data

2008-12-06 Thread Joe S
How do I get SMART data from my drives? I'm running snv_101 on AMD64. I have 6x SATA disks. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Is SUNWhd for Thumper only?

2008-12-01 Thread Joe S
I read Ben Rockwood's blog post about Thumpers and SMART (http://cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=993). Will the SUNWhd package only work on a Thumper? Can I use this on my snv_101 system with AMD 64 bit processor and nVidia SATA? ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Reboot during live upgrade from snv_97 to snv_99

2008-10-11 Thread Joe S
Thanks Gary. This solved the problem. I wish I knew where to find these reminders in advance of doing an upgrade. I hate reboots. ;-) On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Gary Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 04:09:08PM -0700, Joe S wrote: Sorry if this is the wrong list

[zfs-discuss] Reboot during live upgrade from snv_97 to snv_99

2008-10-10 Thread Joe S
Sorry if this is the wrong list, but I would like to know if this is a known problem, or if its just me. I'm in the middle of a live upgrade on an x86 box. I type this command: # luupgrade -u -n snv_99 -s /mnt ~~~output~~~ System has findroot enabled GRUB No entry for BE snv_99 in GRUB menu

Re: [zfs-discuss] Looking for some hardware answers, maybe someone on this list could help

2008-10-09 Thread Joe S
You may need an add-on SATA card. I haven't come across any 8 port motherboards. As far as chipsets are concerned, take a look at something with the Intel X38 chipset. It's the only one of the desktop chipsets that supports ECC ram. Coincidentally, it's also the chipset used in the Sun Ultra 24

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS hangs/freezes after disk failure,

2008-09-03 Thread Joe S
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Todd H. Poole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't agree with you more. I'm beginning to understand what the phrase Sun's software is great - as long as you're running it on Sun's hardware means... Whether it's deserved or not, I feel like this OS isn't mature

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading my ZFS server

2008-08-29 Thread Joe S
disk connectedconfigured ok sata0/4::dsk/c2t4d0disk connectedconfigured ok sata0/5::dsk/c2t5d0disk connectedconfigured ok On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Joe S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I wanted the Intel Core

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading my ZFS server

2008-08-23 Thread Joe S
While I wanted the Intel Core 2 Duo confuration, it was too much money. Even when I substituted the processor for a low power wolfdale, the E7200. The Intel option cost $126 more than the AMD/GeForce option. I was up to $457.88 with shipping and tax. Also, in some power benchmarks, the AMD 4850e

[zfs-discuss] Upgrading my ZFS server

2008-08-22 Thread Joe S
I'm want to upgrade the hardware of my Open Solaris b95 server at home. It's currently running on 32 bit intel hardware. I'm going 64 bit with the new hardware. I don't need server grade hardware since this is a home server. This means I'm not buying the an Opteron or Xeon, or any quad core

[zfs-discuss] How to delete hundreds of emtpy snapshots

2008-07-16 Thread Joe S
I got overzealous with snapshot creation. Every 5 mins is a bad idea. Way too many. What's the easiest way to delete the empty ones? zfs list takes FOREVER ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] ZFS-Crypto

2008-05-07 Thread Joe S. Ixpack
Hi, is there a way to use ZFS Encryption with OpenSolaris/Indiana? I've searching for a roadmap, where will it be integrated first (opensolaris, solaris CE etc)... This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

[zfs-discuss] MS Exchange storage on ZFS?

2007-09-06 Thread Joe S
Has anyone here attempted to store their MS Exchange data store on a ZFS pool? If so, could you please tell me about your setup? A friend is looking for a NAS solution, and may be interested in a ZFS box instead of a netapp or something like that. Thanks.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Slow write speed to ZFS pool (via NFS)

2007-06-20 Thread Joe S
After researching this further, I found that there are some known performance issues with NFS + ZFS. I tried transferring files via SMB, and got write speeds on average of 25MB/s. So I will have my UNIX systems use SMB to write files to my Solaris server. This seems weird, but its fast. I'm sure

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is this storage model correct?

2007-06-19 Thread Joe S
I had the same question last week decided to take a similar approach. Instead of a giant raidz of 6 disks, i created 2 raidz's of 3 disks each. So when I want to add more storage, I just add 3 more disks. On 6/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huitzi, Yes, you are correct.

[zfs-discuss] Slow write speed to ZFS pool (via NFS)

2007-06-19 Thread Joe S
I have a couple of performance questions. Right now, I am transferring about 200GB of data via NFS to my new Solaris server. I started this YESTERDAY. When writing to my ZFS pool via NFS, I notice what I believe to be slow write speeds. My client hosts vary between a MacBook Pro running Tiger to

[zfs-discuss] Re: Slow write speed to ZFS pool (via NFS)

2007-06-19 Thread Joe S
Correction: SATA Controller is a Sillcon Image 3114, not a 3112. On 6/19/07, Joe S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a couple of performance questions. Right now, I am transferring about 200GB of data via NFS to my new Solaris server. I started this YESTERDAY. When writing to my ZFS pool via

[zfs-discuss] Re: 6 disk raidz2 or 3 stripe 2 way mirror

2007-06-18 Thread Joe S
in a pool? That would be like RAID 5-0 right? Any disadvantage to doing this? It looks like I'll get the read performance of 2 disks. -joe On 6/17/07, Joe S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm playing around with ZFS and want to figure out the best use of my 6x 300GB SATA drives. The purpose

[zfs-discuss] 6 disk raidz2 or 3 stripe 2 way mirror

2007-06-17 Thread Joe S
I'm playing around with ZFS and want to figure out the best use of my 6x 300GB SATA drives. The purpose of the drives is to store all of my data at home (video, photos, music, etc). I'm debating between: 6x 300GB disks in a single raidz2 pool --or-- 2x (3x 300GB disks in a pool) mirrored

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: 6 disk raidz2 or 3 stripe 2 way mirror

2007-06-17 Thread Joe S
like I'm not understanding raidz. On 6/17/07, Marc Bevand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe S js.lists at gmail.com writes: I'm going to create 3x 2-way mirrors. I guess I don't really *need* the raidz at this point. My biggest concern with raidz is getting locked into a configuration i can't

Re: [zfs-discuss] 6 disk raidz2 or 3 stripe 2 way mirror

2007-06-17 Thread Joe S
. On 6/17/07, Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe S wrote: I'm playing around with ZFS and want to figure out the best use of my 6x 300GB SATA drives. The purpose of the drives is to store all of my data at home (video, photos, music, etc). I'm debating between: 6x 300GB disks in a single

Re: [zfs-discuss] 6 disk raidz2 or 3 stripe 2 way mirror

2007-06-17 Thread Joe S
this whole thread. On 6/17/07, Joe S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, so you are the Richard behind those articles I've been mulling over! :-) You blog posts helped me to realize there was much more forethought required when setting up my ZFS pool(s). I'm glad I'm not the only person