Re: [zfs-discuss] Using L2ARC on an AdHoc basis.

2012-10-14 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-10-14 2:41, Michael Armstrong wrote: Ok, so it is possible to remove. Good to know, thanks . I move the pool maybe once a month for a few days, on an otherwise daily used fixed location. So thought the warm up allowance may be worth it. I guess I just wanted to know if adding a cache

[zfs-discuss] Using L2ARC on an AdHoc basis.

2012-10-13 Thread Michael Armstrong
Hi Guys, I have a portable pool i.e. one that I carry around in an enclosure. However, any SSD I add for L2ARC, will not be carried around... meaning the cache drive will become unavailable from time to time. My question is Will random removal of the cache drive put the pool into a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using L2ARC on an AdHoc basis.

2012-10-13 Thread Ian Collins
On 10/14/12 10:02, Michael Armstrong wrote: Hi Guys, I have a portable pool i.e. one that I carry around in an enclosure. However, any SSD I add for L2ARC, will not be carried around... meaning the cache drive will become unavailable from time to time. My question is Will random removal

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using L2ARC on an AdHoc basis.

2012-10-13 Thread Michael Armstrong
Ok, so it is possible to remove. Good to know, thanks . I move the pool maybe once a month for a few days, on an otherwise daily used fixed location. So thought the warm up allowance may be worth it. I guess I just wanted to know if adding a cache device was a one way operation or not and