zfs discuss - Aug 2010 - Halcyon ZFS and system monitoring software for OpenSolaris (beta)

Hi all,

Halcyon recently started to add ZFS pool stats to our Solaris Agent, and because
many people were interested in the previous OpenSolaris beta* we''ve
rolled it into our OpenSolaris build as well.

I''ve already heard some great feedback about supporting ZIL and ARC
stats, which we''re hoping to add soon. If you''d like to see
what we have now, and maybe try it on your OpenSolaris system, please see the
download/screenshot page here:

     http://forums.halcyoninc.com/showthread.php?p=1018

I know this isn''t the best time to be posting about legacy OpenSolaris:
we''re keeping our eyes on Solaris 11 Express / Illumos and aim to
support the more advanced features of Solaris 11 the day it''s pushed
out the door.

Thanks for your time!

Regards,

Mike dot Kirk at HalcyonInc dot com

* previous build: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=130507
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Mike Kirk <Mike.Kirk at halcyoninc.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Halcyon recently started to add ZFS pool stats to our Solaris Agent, and
> because many people were interested in the previous OpenSolaris beta*
we''ve
> rolled it into our OpenSolaris build as well.
>
> I''ve already heard some great feedback about supporting ZIL and
ARC stats,
> which we''re hoping to add soon. If you''d like to see what
we have now, and
> maybe try it on your OpenSolaris system, please see the download/screenshot
> page here:
>
>     http://forums.halcyoninc.com/showthread.php?p=1018
>
> I know this isn''t the best time to be posting about legacy
OpenSolaris:
> we''re keeping our eyes on Solaris 11 Express / Illumos and aim to
support
> the more advanced features of Solaris 11 the day it''s pushed out
the door.
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike dot Kirk at HalcyonInc dot com
>
>
I just tried this, and i''m getting an error on install.  I''ve
also posted in
your forums but i thought perhaps someone else on list might know the
solutions.

anyways, I''m runniong Opensolaris b134, this is the error i receive

Seeding the new agent ...

ERROR:  Failed to run command "/opt/Neuron/bin/na usm-seed -s xxxxxxxxxxx
agent". STDOUT/STDERR: /opt/Neuron/bin/na[1009]: eval: line 1: 6470: Memory
fault(coredump)

Moving log file /tmp/HALNeuronSolaris-install_20100820-111129.log to
/var/opt/Neuron/install/HALNeuronSolaris-install_20100820-111129.log ...




any help would be greatly appreciated, i really love the screenshots for
this software.
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If you are going to post about your commercial products - please include some 
price points, so people know whether to ignore the info based on their budget.
Is the beta free? for how long? if not how much for 5 machines?

One of my biggest pet peeves is secret prices, it is such a waste of time for 
all parties involved - no your best sales person can''t convince me that
I need
your $10,000 product if my budget is $5,000. The idea that making people jump 
throw hoops (email the sales team, fill out web forms, etc) will some how 
improve your sales opportunities is a myth created and perpetuated by sales 
organizations. And I have heard all the excuses for not posting prices, price 
ranges, etc, they are all bs and/or boil down to "because we want to charge
each customer as much as we can and we don''t want them to have any
reference
points"

As soon as I have the need, I am going to buy a ddrdrive specifically because 
they post the price so that I was able to quickly determine if it was 
something that I could justify without having to beg for that info.

I also found I was looking at Sun servers and storage much more after they 
started posting prices on the web site.

BTW, I am not just sitting in my basement complaining, well I am sitting in my 
basement complaining - but I also just ordered 60 1TB 6Gbps drives, 40 1 TB F3 
drives, 20 WD Raptor 600 GB drives, 12 machines, 8 enclosures for one project.

On 8/19/10 1:33 PM, Mike Kirk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Halcyon recently started to add ZFS pool stats to our Solaris Agent, and
because many people were interested in the previous OpenSolaris beta*
we''ve rolled it into our OpenSolaris build as well.
>
> I''ve already heard some great feedback about supporting ZIL and
ARC stats, which we''re hoping to add soon. If you''d like to
see what we have now, and maybe try it on your OpenSolaris system, please see
the download/screenshot page here:
>
>       http://forums.halcyoninc.com/showthread.php?p=1018
>
> I know this isn''t the best time to be posting about legacy
OpenSolaris: we''re keeping our eyes on Solaris 11 Express / Illumos and
aim to support the more advanced features of Solaris 11 the day it''s
pushed out the door.
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike dot Kirk at HalcyonInc dot com
>
> * previous build: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=130507

Hi wonslung,

Thanks for posting to our forum: I''ll respond there and take things
off-list. Sounds like it''s the same bug that appeared with the Sol10
July EIS: (which snv_134 obviously got the changes for first, and that
wasn''t in 09/06). Fixing it now...

Mike.Kirk at HalcyonInc.com
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Hi zfs user,
> Is the beta free? for how long? if not how much for 5 machines?
Everything on our web site (including the beta) runs for 30 days with the
baked-in license. After 30 days it will stop collecting fresh numbers, unless
you add a license key, or a demo extension file from the sales team (or
reinstall it and start over again).
> If you are going to post about your commercial products - please include 
> some price points, so people know whether to ignore the info based on 
> their budget. 
You''re right, it would be nice if people could just go to our version
of "shop.oracle.com", but we''re not there yet, and I
don''t have the price sheets the sales guys do to put those numbers in
the forum.

If you''re still interested, please email me and I can put you in touch
with someone who can directly deal with your pricing questions, without going
through our web page or the sales alias etc.

Thanks!

Mike.Kirk at HalcyonInc.com
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Update: version 3.2.5 out now, with changes to better support snv_134:

http://forums.halcyoninc.com/showthread.php?t=368

If you''ve downloaded v3.2.4 and are on 09/06, there is no reason to
upgrade.

Regards,

Mike.Kirk at HalcyonInc.com
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