Re: [zfs-discuss] Intel SASUC8I - worth every penny

2010-03-22 Thread Cooper Hubbell
> I've moved to 7200RPM 2.5" laptop drives over 3.5" > drives, for a > combination of reasons: lower-power, better > performance than a > comparable sized 3.5" drives, and generally > lower-capacities meaning > resilver times are smaller. They're a bit more $/GB, > but not a lot. > If you can s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any recommendations on Perc H700 controller

2012-03-12 Thread Cooper Hubbell
Regarding the writeback cache on disks, what is the recommended method to disable the cache? Through HBA firmware, or via Solaris? On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:00 AM, wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:09:52 -0500 > From: John D Groenveld > To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any recommendations on Perc H700 controller

2012-03-13 Thread Cooper Hubbell
Enabled, timeout is 10 us, depth is 4 > > Thank you! On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Edward Ned Harvey < opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > > From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Coope

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intel 320 as ZIL?

2011-08-12 Thread Cooper Hubbell
Which 320 series drive are you targeting, specifically? The ~$100 80GB variant should perform as well as the more expensive versions if your workload is more random from what I've seen/read. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intel 320 as ZIL?

2011-08-15 Thread Cooper Hubbell
Over provisioning does not directly increase flash performance, but allows for greater reliability as the drive ages by improving garbage collection efforts and reducing write amplification. This article doesn't provide any sources, but it explains the concept at a very basic level - http://thessd