[zfs-discuss] Lightning SSD with 180,000 IOPs, 320MB/s writes

http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Drops+Bombshell+Lightning+SSD+With+180k+IOPS+500320+MBs+ReadWrites/article16249.htm Pliant Technologies just released two "Lightning" high performance enterprise SSDs that threaten to blow away the competition. The drives uses proprietary ASICs to deliver an inc

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using consumer drives in a zraid2

On 08/25/09 10:46 PM, Tim Cook wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:22 AM, thomas > wrote: > I'll admit, I was cheap at first and my > fileserver right now is consumer drives.  You > can bet all my future purchases will be of the enterprise grade.  An

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 -> snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

On 08/25/09 05:29 AM, Gary Gendel wrote: I have a 5-500GB disk Raid-Z pool that has been producing checksum errors right after upgrading SXCE to build 121. They seem to be randomly occurring on all 5 disks, so it doesn't look like a disk failure situation. Repeatingly running a scrub on the p

Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS

On 07/31/09 06:12 PM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: Finding a SATA card that would work with Solaris, and be hot-swap, and more than 4 ports, sure took a while. Oh and be reasonably priced ;) Let's take this first point; "card that works with Solaris" I might try to find some engineers to write

Re: [zfs-discuss] Motherboard for home zfs/solaris file server

On 07/23/09 09:19 AM, Richard Elling wrote: On Jul 23, 2009, at 5:42 AM, F. Wessels wrote: Hi, I'm using asus m3a78 boards (with the sb700) for opensolaris and m2a* boards (with the sb600) for linux some of them with 4*1GB and others with 4*2Gb ECC memory. Ecc faults will be detected and rep

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSDs get faster and less expensive

On 07/21/09 03:00 PM, Nicolas Williams wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:45:57PM -0700, Richard Elling wrote: But to put this in perspective, you would have to *delete* 20 GBytes Or overwrite (since the overwrites turn in to COW writes of new blocks and the old blocks are released if n

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

On 07/ 1/09 05:11 AM, Haudy Kazemi wrote: Ian Collins wrote: Or run your systems of DC and get as much backup as you have room (and budget!) for batteries. I once visited a central exchange with 48 hours of battery capacity... The way Google handles UPSes is to have a small 12v battery integ

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

On 06/30/09 03:00 AM, Andre van Eyssen wrote: On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Monish Shah wrote: The evil tuning guide says "The ZIL is an essential part of ZFS and should never be disabled." However, if you have a UPS, what can go wrong that really requires ZIL? Without addressing a single ZFS-specif

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs on 32 bit?

ir requirements. What is the specific complaint please? Neal Ray On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Neal Pollack wrote: On 06/16/09 02:39 PM, roland wrote: so, we have a 128bit fs, but only support for 1tb on 32bit? i`d call that a bug, isn`t it ? is there a bugid for this? ;)

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs on 32 bit?

On 06/16/09 02:39 PM, roland wrote: so, we have a 128bit fs, but only support for 1tb on 32bit? i`d call that a bug, isn`t it ? is there a bugid for this? ;) Well, opinion is welcome. I'd call it an RFE. With 64 bit versions of the CPU chips so inexpensive these days, how much money do yo

[zfs-discuss] X4500 Thumper, config for boot disks?

Hi: What is the most common practice for allocating (choosing) the two disks used for the boot drives, in a zfs root install, for the mirrored rpool? The docs for thumper, and many blogs, always point at cfgadm slots 0 and 1, which are sata3/0 and sata/3/4, which most often map to c5t0d0 and c

Re: [zfs-discuss] How do I "mirror" zfs rpool, x4500?

On 03/18/09 11:09 AM, Tim wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Neal Pollack <mailto:neal.poll...@sun.com>> wrote: On 03/18/09 10:43 AM, Tim wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Richard Elling mailto:richard.ell...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tim wrote:

Re: [zfs-discuss] How do I "mirror" zfs rpool, x4500?

On 03/18/09 10:43 AM, Tim wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Richard Elling mailto:richard.ell...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tim wrote: Just an observation, but it sort of defeats the purpose of buying sun hardware with sun software if you can't even get a "this is h

Re: [zfs-discuss] How do I "mirror" zfs rpool, x4500?

? Any ideas why the mapping is not matching s10 or the docs? Cheers, Neal . . . On our lab Thumper, they are c5t0 and c4t0. Cindy Neal Pollack wrote: I'm setting up a new X4500 Thumper, and noticed suggestions/blogs for setting up two boot disks as a zfs rpool mirror during installa

[zfs-discuss] How do I "mirror" zfs rpool, x4500?

I'm setting up a new X4500 Thumper, and noticed suggestions/blogs for setting up two boot disks as a zfs rpool mirror during installation. But I can't seem to find instructions/examples for how to do this using google, the blogs, or the Sun docs for X4500. Can anyone share some instructions for s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Motherboard for home zfs/solaris file server

On 02/23/09 20:24, Ilya Tatar wrote: Hello, I am building a home file server and am looking for an ATX mother board that will be supported well with OpenSolaris (onboard SATA controller, network, graphics if any, audio, etc). I decided to go for Intel based boards (socket LGA 775) since it see

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is ZFS already the default file System for Solaris 10?

On 11/07/08 11:24, Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Is ZFS already the default file System for Solaris 10? If yes has anyone tested it on Thumper ?? Yes. Formal Sun support is for Thumper running s10. For the latest ZFS bug fixes, it is important to run the most recent s10 update release. Right now, th

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs send,receive,backups

On 11/03/08 13:18, Philip Brown wrote: Ok, I think I understand. You're going to be told that ZFS send isn't a backup (and for these purposes I definately agree), ... Hmph. well, even for 'replication' type purposes, what I'm talking about is quite useful. Picture two remote systems, wh

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot vs Linux fuse

On 10/22/08 09:02 AM, Andrew Gallatin wrote: Johan Hartzenberg wrote: Reboot to the grub menu Move to the failsafe kernel entry Ugh. This is OpenSolaris (Indiana), and there *is* no failsafe as far as I can tell. There is one grub entry for Solaris: #-- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resilver hanging?

Tom Servo wrote: >>> How can I diagnose why a resilver appears to be hanging at a certain >>> percentage, seemingly doing nothing for quite a while, even though the >>> HDD LED is lit up permanently (no apparent head seeking)? >>> >>> The drives in the pool are WD Raid Editions, thus have TLER and

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool file corruption

On 09/24/08 10:57 PM, Jeff Bonwick wrote: It's almost certainly the SIL3114 controller. Google "SIL3114 data corruption" -- it's nasty. I've also in the past had the misfortune of experiencing Silicon Image. My corruption was with other file types and not even ZFS. Silicon Image is someth

Re: [zfs-discuss] Which is better for root ZFS: mlc or slc SSD?

Tim wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I was under the impression that MLC is the preferred type of SSD, but I want to prevent myself from having a think-o. I'm looking to get (2) SSD to use as my boot

Re: [zfs-discuss] Which is better for root ZFS: mlc or slc SSD?

Erik Trimble wrote: > I was under the impression that MLC is the preferred type of SSD, but I > want to prevent myself from having a think-o. > > > I'm looking to get (2) SSD to use as my boot drive. It looks like I can > get 32GB SSDs composed of either SLC or MLC for roughly equal pricing. > Whic

Re: [zfs-discuss] resilver keeps starting over? snv_95

On 09/17/08 02:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you doing snaps? No, no snapshots ever. Logged in as root to do; zpool replace poolname deaddisk and then did a few zpool status as root. It restarted each time. If so unless you have the new bits to handle the issue, each snap restarts a

[zfs-discuss] resilver keeps starting over? snv_95

Running Nevada build 95 on an ultra 40. Had to replace a drive. Resilver in progress, but it looks like each time I do a zpool status, the resilver starts over. Is this a known issue? ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] SSD update

Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> >> SSDs + ZFS - a marriage made in (computer) heaven! > > Where's the beef? > > I sense a lot of smoke and mirrors here, similar to Intel's recent CPU > "announcements" which don't even reveal the number of cores. No > prices and funny numbers that the writers of tec

Re: [zfs-discuss] CF to SATA adapters for boot device

should still be rather good for a boot device, because Solaris does very little writing to the boot "disk". You can review configuration ideas to maximize the life of your CF device in this Solaris white paper for non-volatile memory; http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/article

Re: [zfs-discuss] help me....

Rahul wrote: > hi > can you give some disadvantages of the ZFS file system?? > Yes, it's too easy to administer. This makes it rough to charge a lot as a sysadmin. All the problems, manual decisions during fsck and data recovery, head-aches after a power failure or getting disk drives mixed up

Re: [zfs-discuss] ButterFS

dick hoogendijk wrote: > I read this just now in the Unix Guardian: > > > BTRFS, pronounced ButterFS: > BTRFS was launched in June 2007, and is a POSIX-compliant file system > that will support very large files and volumes (16 exabytes) and a > ridiculous number of files (two to the power of 64 fi

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

Lida Horn wrote: Richard Elling wrote: There are known issues with the Marvell drivers in X4500s. You will want to pay attention to the release notes, SRDBs, InfoDocs, and SunAlerts for the platform. http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/SunFireX4500/SunFireX450

Re: [zfs-discuss] The best motherboard for a home ZFS fileserver

Miles Nordin wrote: >> "s" == Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > > s> About freedom: I for sure would prefere open source drivers > s> availability, let's account for it! > > There is source for the Intel gigabit cards in the source browser. > > > http://src.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

Andrius wrote: > Neal Pollack wrote: >> Andrius wrote: >>> dick hoogendijk wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:10:14 +0100 >>>> Andrius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> zpool does not

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

Andrius wrote: > dick hoogendijk wrote: > >> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:10:14 +0100 >> Andrius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> zpool does not to create a pool on USB disk (formatted in FAT32). >>> >> It's already been formatted. >> Try zpool create -f alpha c5t0d0p0 >> >> > > T

Re: [zfs-discuss] pool hangs for 1 full minute?

Tomas Ögren wrote: > On 27 March, 2008 - Neal Pollack sent me these 1,9K bytes: > > >> Also given: I have been doing live upgrade every other build since >> approx Nevada build 46. I am running on a Sun Ultra 40 modified >> to include 8 disks. (second backplane an

[zfs-discuss] pool hangs for 1 full minute?

For the last few builds of Nevada, if I come back to my workstation after long idle periods such as overnight, and try any command that would touch the zfs filesystem, it hangs for an entire 60 seconds approximately. This would include "ls", "zpool status", etc. Does anyone has a hint as to how

[zfs-discuss] 30 seond hang, ls command....

I'm running Nevada build 81 on x86 on an Ultra 40. # uname -a SunOS zbit 5.11 snv_81 i86pc i386 i86pc Memory size: 8191 Megabytes I started with this zfs pool many dozens of builds ago, approx a year ago. I do live upgrade and zfs upgrade every few builds. When I have not accessed the zfs file sy

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

Edward Saipetch wrote: > Neal Pollack wrote: >> Ed Saipetch wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon >>> image 3114 based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've >>>

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

Ed Saipetch wrote: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon image 3114 > based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've tested by copying data > via sftp and smb. With everything I've swapped out, I can't fathom this > being a hardware problem. I ca

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there _any_ suitable motherboard?

Ian Collins wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> If power consumption and heat is a consideration, the newer Intel CPUs >> have an advantage in that Solaris supports native power management on >> those CPUs. >> >> >> > Are P35 chipset boards supported? > The P35 "chipset" works fin

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there _any_ suitable motherboard?

Anon wrote: > Have the ICH-8 and ICH-9 been physically tested with Solaris? The page for > the ACHI driver still only lists through ICH-6 as having support? What is > the Solaris support for the rest of the ICH-9 chipset such as USB, etc.? > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > __

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there _any_ suitable motherboard?

Alec Muffett wrote: >> Does anyone on this list have experience with a recent board with 6 or more >> SATA ports that they know is supported? >> > > > Well so far I have only populated 5 of the ports I have available, > but my writeup with my 9-port SATS ASUS mobo is at: > > http://www.c

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Karma Re: Re: Best use of 4 drives?

Tom Kimes wrote: Here's a start for a suggested equipment list: Lian Li case with 17 drive bays (12 3.5" , 5 5.25") http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682064 So it only has room for one power supply. How many disk drives will you be installing? It's not the steady

Re: [zfs-discuss] Export ZFS over NFS ?

Neal Pollack wrote: I've got my first server deployment with ZFS. Consolidating a pair of other file servers that used to have a dozen or so NFS exports in /etc/dfs/dfstab similar to; /export/solaris/images /export/tools /export/ws . and so on For the new server, I have one larg

[zfs-discuss] Export ZFS over NFS ?

I've got my first server deployment with ZFS. Consolidating a pair of other file servers that used to have a dozen or so NFS exports in /etc/dfs/dfstab similar to; /export/solaris/images /export/tools /export/ws . and so on For the new server, I have one large zfs pool; -bash-3.00# df -h

[zfs-discuss] Can you turn on zfs compression when the fs is already populated?

I have an 800GB raidz2 zfs filesystem. It already has approx 142Gb of data. Can I simply turn on compression at this point, or do you need to start with compression at the creation time? If I turn on compression now, what happens to the existing data? Thanks, Neal _

Re: [zfs-discuss] Thumper Origins Q

Jason J. W. Williams wrote: Hi All, This is a bit off-topic...but since the Thumper is the poster child for ZFS I hope its not too off-topic. What are the actual origins of the Thumper? I've heard varying stories in word and print. It appears that the Thumper was the original server Bechtolshei

[zfs-discuss] need advice: ZFS config ideas for X4500 Thumper?

Hi: (Warning, new zfs user question) I am setting up an X4500 for our small engineering site file server. It's mostly for builds, images, doc archives, certain workspace archives, misc data. I'd like a trade off between space and safety of data. I have not set up a large ZFS system be