Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Ross
There is an unsupported driver available though, I posted it to the forums a few months ago: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=260281 The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Kaya Bekiroğlu
The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the second insists they have shipped the cards it's been three weeks now and there's no sign of them. Thanks to Google Shopping I was able to order

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Albert Chin
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 11:16:15AM -0700, Kaya Bekiroğlu wrote: The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the second insists they have shipped the cards it's been three weeks now and

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-06 Thread Tim
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Albert Chin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 11:16:15AM -0700, Kaya Bekiroğlu wrote: The big problem appears to be getting your hands on these cards. Although I have the drivers now my first supplier let me down, and while the second

[zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-05 Thread Narayan Venkat
I understand that if you want to use ZIL, then the requirement is one or more ZILs per pool. With an SSD you can partition the disk to allow usage of a single disk for multiple ZILs. Can we do the same thing with an PCIe-based NVRAM card (like http://www.vmetro.com/category4304.html)? Thanks

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-05 Thread Neil Perrin
On 09/05/08 14:42, Narayan Venkat wrote: I understand that if you want to use ZIL, then the requirement is one or more ZILs per pool. A little clarification of ZFS terms may help here. The term ZIL is somewhat overloaded. I think what you mean here is a separate log device (slog), because

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZIL NVRAM partitioning?

2008-09-05 Thread Narayan Venkat
Thanks Neil for the clarification. Regards, Narayan -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss