Re: [zfs-discuss] pool layout vs resilver times

2013-01-05 Thread Dave Pooser
On 1/5/13 11:42 AM, "Russ Poyner" wrote: >I'm configuring a box with 24x 3Tb consumer SATA drives >The box is a supermicro with 36 bays controlled through a single LSI >9211-8i. My recollection is that it's far from best practice to have SATA drives connected to a SAS expander; better to eith

Re: [zfs-discuss] pool layout vs resilver times

2013-01-05 Thread Richard Elling
On Jan 5, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Russ Poyner wrote: > I'm configuring a box with 24x 3Tb consumer SATA drives, and wondering about > the best way to configure the pool. The customer wants capacity on the cheap, > and I want something I can service without sweating too much about data loss. > Due to

[zfs-discuss] pool layout vs resilver times

2013-01-05 Thread Russ Poyner
I'm configuring a box with 24x 3Tb consumer SATA drives, and wondering about the best way to configure the pool. The customer wants capacity on the cheap, and I want something I can service without sweating too much about data loss. Due to capacity concerns raid 10 is probably out, which leaves