[zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Lasse Osterild
Hi, This may well have been covered before but I've not been able to find an answer to this particular question. I've setup a raidz2 test env using files like this: # mkfile 1g t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8 t9 t10 s1 s2 # zpool create dataPool raidz2 /xvm/t1 /xvm/t2 /xvm/t3 /xvm/t4 /xvm/t5 #

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Richard Elling
This is a FAQ, but the FAQ is not well maintained :-( http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+zfs/faq On Feb 8, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Lasse Osterild wrote: Hi, This may well have been covered before but I've not been able to find an answer to this particular question. I've setup

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Lasse Osterild
On 08/02/2010, at 22.50, Richard Elling wrote: r...@vmstor01:/# zpool list NAME SIZE ALLOC FREECAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT dataPool 9.94G 4.89G 5.04G49% 1.00x ONLINE - Now here's what I don't get, why does it say the poo sizel is 9.94G when it's made up of 2 x

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Daniel Carosone
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 11:28:11PM +0100, Lasse Osterild wrote: Ok thanks I know that the amount of used space will vary, but what's the usefulness of the total size when ie in my pool above 4 x 1G (roughly, depending on recordsize) are reserved for parity, it's not like it's useable for

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Richard, I last updated this FAQ on 1/19. Which part is not well-maintained? :-) Cindy On 02/08/10 14:50, Richard Elling wrote: This is a FAQ, but the FAQ is not well maintained :-( http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+zfs/faq On Feb 8, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Lasse Osterild

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Lasse Osterild
On 09/02/2010, at 00.23, Daniel Carosone wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 11:28:11PM +0100, Lasse Osterild wrote: Ok thanks I know that the amount of used space will vary, but what's the usefulness of the total size when ie in my pool above 4 x 1G (roughly, depending on recordsize) are

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Lasse, I expanded this entry to include more details of the zpool list and zfs list reporting. See if the new explanation provides enough details. Thanks, Cindy On 02/08/10 16:51, Lasse Osterild wrote: On 09/02/2010, at 00.23, Daniel Carosone wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 11:28:11PM

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool list size

2010-02-08 Thread Daniel Carosone
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 05:23:29PM -0700, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Hi Lasse, I expanded this entry to include more details of the zpool list and zfs list reporting. See if the new explanation provides enough details. Cindy, feel free to crib from or refer to my text in whatever way might