Re: [zfs-discuss] Terrible ZFS performance on a Dell 1850 w/ PERC 4e/Si (Sol10U6)
I ran into this issue on my Dell 1850s also. You'll need to go into BIOS, change the PERC controller mode from RAID to SCSI and reboot. Then when the system comes back up it will give a warning about switching RAID controller modes and data loss (Have Backups)!. Then if you boot from DVD/Jumpstart you should see 2 disks and just do a ZFS 2 disk mirror for rpool. Hope this helps... - Robert Loper -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrei Ghimus ghi...@gmail.com To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:05:27 PDT Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Terrible ZFS performance on a Dell 1850 w/ PERC 4e/Si (Sol10U6) I have the same problem you do, ZFS performance under Solaris 10 u8 is horrible. When you say passthrough mode, do you mean non-RAID configuration? And if so, could you tell me how you configured it? The best I can manage is to configure each physical drive as a RAID 0 array then export that as a logical drive. All tips/suggestions are appreciated. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] ZFS Send/Receive Question
I am trying to duplicate a filesystem from one zpool to another zpool. I don't care so much about snapshots on the destination side...I am more trying to duplicate how RSYNC would copy a filesystem, and then only copy incrementals from the source side to the destination side in subsequent runs until I can complete a switch-over. What would be some examples of the syntax in zfs send/receive? -- Robert Loper rlo...@gmail.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] SUMMARY: Any way to fix ZFS sparse file bug #6792701
Original question: I have a Solaris x86 server running update 6 (Solaris 10 10/08 s10x_u6wos_07b X86). I recently hit this sparse file bug when I deleted a 512GB sparse file from a 1.2TB filesystem and the space was never freed up. What I am asking is would there be any way to recover the space in the filesystem without having to destroy and recreate it? I am assuming before trying anything I would need to update the server to U8. Answer: Installing kernel patch 141444-09 (SPARC) or 141445-09 (x86) (included in a Live-update to Solaris 10 update 8) on my system showed the filesystem will 600GB more free space. I did not need to export/import or upgrade the pool...it was just available. Thanks to all who responded to this. -- Robert Loper ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Any way to fix ZFS sparse file bug #6792701
Can you clarify what this IDR is? I do not have Sun Support on this specific server. - Robert Loper On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Francois Napoleoni francois.napole...@sun.com wrote: From my experience with customer hitting this bug, installing the now obsolete IDR and rebooting was enoug hto get ride of these sparse file bug. F. Geoff Shipman wrote: The Solaris 10 Update 8 has the fix for 6792701 included. This is part of kernel patches 141444-09 (sparc), 141445-09 (x86). For OpenSolaris build 118 or later contains the fix so in the development builds. This avoids future problems with the CR but if your currently effected by the problem the fix doesn't clear the troubles. I believe a backup of the data, then destroy of the file system, then recreating it and restoring is method to clear the space. With the later kernel the problem is avoided in the future. Geoff On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 10:14, Francois Napoleoni wrote: If you have a valid Solaris Support contract you can ask for the corresponding IDR to fix this issue. (Hi to Richard E. ... who must be boiling right now :) ) F. Edward Ned Harvey wrote: I don?t know the answer to your question, but I am running the same version of OS you are, and this bug could affect us. Do you have any link to any documentation about this bug? I?d like to forward something to inform the other admins at work. *From:* zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert Loper *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:09 PM *To:* zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org *Subject:* [zfs-discuss] Any way to fix ZFS sparse file bug #6792701 I have a Solaris x86 server running update 6 (Solaris 10 10/08 s10x_u6wos_07b X86). I recently hit this sparse file bug when I deleted a 512GB sparse file from a 1.2TB filesystem and the space was never freed up. What I am asking is would there be any way to recover the space in the filesystem without having to destroy and recreate it? I am assuming before trying anything I would need to update the server to U8. Thanks in advance... -- Robert Loper rlo...@gmail.com mailto:rlo...@gmail.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Francois Napoleoni / Sun Support Engineer mail : francois.napole...@sun.com phone : +33 (0)1 3403 1707 fax : +33 (0)1 3403 1114 ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Francois Napoleoni / Sun Support Engineer mail : francois.napole...@sun.com phone : +33 (0)1 3403 1707 fax : +33 (0)1 3403 1114 -- Robert Loper rlo...@gmail.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Any way to fix ZFS sparse file bug #6792701
So the question remains... if I install patch 14144{45}-09 (by a LU to
Solaris 10 upd 8) will that allow the filesystem (not an rpool) to free up
the space?
- Robert
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Geoff Shipman geoff.ship...@sun.comwrote:
IDR's are fixes for troubles from the initial development state. The
patches noted are the official fixes.
On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 11:03, Robert Loper wrote:
Can you clarify what this IDR is? I do not have Sun Support on this
specific server.
- Robert Loper
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Francois Napoleoni
francois.napole...@sun.com wrote:
From my experience with customer hitting this bug, installing
the now obsolete IDR and rebooting was enoug hto get ride of
these sparse file bug.
F.
Geoff Shipman wrote:
The Solaris 10 Update 8 has the fix for 6792701
included. This is part
of kernel patches 141444-09 (sparc), 141445-09 (x86).
For OpenSolaris
build 118 or later contains the fix so in the
development builds.
This avoids future problems with the CR but if your
currently effected
by the problem the fix doesn't clear the troubles.
I believe a backup of the data, then destroy of the
file system, then
recreating it and restoring is method to clear the
space. With the
later kernel the problem is avoided in the future.
Geoff
On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 10:14, Francois Napoleoni wrote:
If you have a valid Solaris Support contract
you can ask for the corresponding IDR to fix
this issue.
(Hi to Richard E. ... who must be boiling
right now :) )
F.
Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
I don?t know the answer to your
question, but I am running the same
version of OS you are, and this bug
could affect us. Do you have
any
link to any documentation about this
bug? I?d like to forward
something
to inform the other admins at work.
*From:*
zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org
[mailto:
zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert
Loper
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:09
PM
*To:* zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org
*Subject:* [zfs-discuss] Any way to
fix ZFS sparse file bug
#6792701
I have a Solaris x86 server running
update 6 (Solaris 10 10/08
s10x_u6wos_07b X86). I recently hit
this sparse file bug when I deleted
a 512GB sparse file from a 1.2TB
filesystem and the space
was
never freed up. What I am asking is
would there be any way to
recover
the space in the filesystem without
having to destroy and recreate
it?
I am assuming before trying anything I
would need to update the
server
to U8.
Thanks in advance...
--
Robert Loper
rlo...@gmail.com
mailto:rlo...@gmail.com
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[zfs-discuss] Any way to fix ZFS sparse file bug #6792701
I have a Solaris x86 server running update 6 (Solaris 10 10/08 s10x_u6wos_07b X86). I recently hit this sparse file bug when I deleted a 512GB sparse file from a 1.2TB filesystem and the space was never freed up. What I am asking is would there be any way to recover the space in the filesystem without having to destroy and recreate it? I am assuming before trying anything I would need to update the server to U8. Thanks in advance... -- Robert Loper rlo...@gmail.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
