> My rule of thumb for performance is that a zpool mirror or RAID group > will perform like a single drive. Also remember it's just: > > zpool add poolname cache devname > > to add a fast flash/HDD device as cache. A USB device works OK, but I > found the spare IDE port on the mobo to be best (CF to IDE widgets are > cheap too). I have a DVD-RW on my IDE as well.
Couldn't a ramdisk be used too? Maybe set aside 1G out of my 4G and use that as a cache? Or would it be more valuable as normal RAM. > If your Ethernet switch is capable of trunking/bonding/Etherchannel, > that "just works" out of the box with OSol too if you need more > bandwidth. Ditto for ZFS' integrated NFS and kernel CIFS support. > Webmin's available as a package to help avoid CLI schizophrenia if you > use multiple UNIX variants daily. "svcs -a | gripe damname" and svcadm > are also your friends on a regular basis. (Turning off X on a > fileserver for instance.) The default OSol install also sets up "root" > as a RBAC role, not an actual user. If you want a "real" root skip > user account creation in the install. I doubt I will push more than gigabit. Most clients are Windows... I'm lucky to get 200mbit. :P I will try to remember the user creation piece. I'm happy to hear everything works nicely out of the box, my friend has tried to push Solaris variants on me for years, citing it to have the strongest NFS besides for Netapps. > Offline, a lot of the local Sun/Solaris User Groups run installfests > on a regular basis, which can be a shortcut and save much gnashing of > teeth and hair pulling. Is there one in Portland, OR? I should try to find that on the website. Maybe have a local guru help configure/tweak my system... _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
