I think we are very close to using zfs in our production environment.. Now that I have snv_72 installed and my pools set up with NVRAM log devices things are hauling butt. I''ve been digging to find out whether this capability would be put into Solaris 10, does anyone know? If not, then I guess we can probably be OK using SXCE (as Joyent did). Thanks, Andy Lubel
Albert Chin
2007-Sep-18 17:18 UTC
[zfs-discuss] Zfs log device (zil) ever coming to Sol10?
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 12:59:02PM -0400, Andy Lubel wrote:> I think we are very close to using zfs in our production environment.. Now > that I have snv_72 installed and my pools set up with NVRAM log devices > things are hauling butt.How did you get NVRAM log devices? -- albert chin (china at thewrittenword.com)
Cindy.Swearingen at Sun.COM
2007-Sep-18 17:24 UTC
[zfs-discuss] Zfs log device (zil) ever coming to Sol10?
The log device feature integrated into snv_68. You can read about them here: http://blogs.sun.com/perrin/entry/slog_blog_or_blogging_on And starting on page 18 of the ZFS Admin Guide, here: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs Albert Chin wrote:> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 12:59:02PM -0400, Andy Lubel wrote: > >>I think we are very close to using zfs in our production environment.. Now >>that I have snv_72 installed and my pools set up with NVRAM log devices >>things are hauling butt. > > > How did you get NVRAM log devices? >
Neil Perrin
2007-Sep-18 17:26 UTC
[zfs-discuss] Zfs log device (zil) ever coming to Sol10?
Separate log devices (slogs) didn''t make it into S10U4 but will be in U5. Andy Lubel wrote:> I think we are very close to using zfs in our production environment.. Now > that I have snv_72 installed and my pools set up with NVRAM log devices > things are hauling butt. > > I''ve been digging to find out whether this capability would be put into > Solaris 10, does anyone know? > > If not, then I guess we can probably be OK using SXCE (as Joyent did). > > Thanks, > > Andy Lubel > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
On 9/18/07 1:02 PM, "Bryan Cantrill" <bmc at eng.sun.com> wrote:> > Hey Andy, > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 12:59:02PM -0400, Andy Lubel wrote: >> I think we are very close to using zfs in our production environment.. Now >> that I have snv_72 installed and my pools set up with NVRAM log devices >> things are hauling butt. > > Interesting! Are you using a MicroMemory device, or is this some other > NVRAM concoction? >RAMSAN :) http://www.superssd.com/products/ramsan-400/>> I''ve been digging to find out whether this capability would be put into >> Solaris 10, does anyone know? > > I would say it''s probably unlikely, but I''ll let Neil and the ZFS team > speak for that. Do you mind if I ask what you''re using ZFS for? > > - BryanToday''s answer: We want to use it for nearline backups (via nfs), eventually we would like to use zvols+iscsi to serve up for Oracle databases. My future answer: What cant we use ZFS for? If anyone wants to see my iozones just let me know. -Andy Lubel
On 9/18/07 2:26 PM, "Neil Perrin" <Neil.Perrin at Sun.COM> wrote:> > > Andy Lubel wrote: >> On 9/18/07 1:02 PM, "Bryan Cantrill" <bmc at eng.sun.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey Andy, >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 12:59:02PM -0400, Andy Lubel wrote: >>>> I think we are very close to using zfs in our production environment.. Now >>>> that I have snv_72 installed and my pools set up with NVRAM log devices >>>> things are hauling butt. >>> Interesting! Are you using a MicroMemory device, or is this some other >>> NVRAM concoction? >>> >> >> RAMSAN :) >> http://www.superssd.com/products/ramsan-400/ > > May I ask roughly what you paid for it. > I think perhaps we ought to get one in-house and check it out as well. > > Thanks: Neil.~80k for the 128gb model. But we didn''t pay anything for it, it was a customer return that the vendor wouldn''t take back. Being that they have a fancy (we love) sun logo on the homepage I''m willing to bet that they would send you a demo unit. Let me know if I can help at all with that. -Andy Lubel --
On 9/18/07, Neil Perrin <Neil.Perrin at sun.com> wrote:> Separate log devices (slogs) didn''t make it into S10U4 but will be in U5.This is awesome! Will the SYNC_NV support that was integrated this week be added to update 5 as well? That would be super useful, assuming the major arrays vendors support it. Thanks, - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net
Neil Perrin
2007-Sep-18 20:42 UTC
[zfs-discuss] Zfs log device (zil) ever coming to Sol10?
Matty wrote:> On 9/18/07, Neil Perrin <Neil.Perrin at sun.com> wrote: > >> Separate log devices (slogs) didn''t make it into S10U4 but will be in U5. > > This is awesome! Will the SYNC_NV support that was integrated this > week be added to update 5 as well? That would be super useful, > assuming the major arrays vendors support it.I believe it will. So far we have just batched up all the bug fixes and enhancements in ZFS and all of them are integrated into the next update. It''s easier for us that way as well. Actually the part of "we" is not usually played by me! Neil.