Hi guys,
I'm working on a new ZFS server at the moment, and I'm at the stage now of trying to figure out a decent snapshot schedule/strategy.
Now ... before anyone gets up in arms, I know that snapshots DON'T replace backups, and we're already planning on replicating the data onto another...
Im working on getting a new ZFS box up and running, but Ive come across some weird behaviour that Im struggling to try and understand.
1) Create a 2TB volume - thin provisioned.
2) Create an iSCSI LUN within the volume
3) Mount the LUN on the client machine, and copy some data.
Ive...
So ... I bought this board a little while ago, and it came with the CPU backplate [BKT-0028L] already attached.
I've had a look and there's absolutely no way that you're able to remove it, so I knew that I wouldn't be able to use the stock Intel CPU [which uses the push pin locking mechanism]...
... and I'm freaking out.
Here's the story.
I had a pool running quite happily under FreeBSD/ZFSGuru, but curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to try exporting it onto a new box that I'd setup running Solaris/napp-it.
I'd made a couple of small pools on the ZFSGuru box using some...
Hi guys,
So Ive got a box running ZFSGuru [0.1.9b3] thats been absolutely rock solid since day 1 [which is over 12 months now], but a few days ago I added some more disks into the box, and ever since then its just been constantly crashing [IE - every 15-20 minutes].
The original vdev...
Hey guys,
I've just started looking around at my options for a new SAS expander, and I've noticed that Intel seem to have just come out with a new product.
http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/RAID-controllers/re-res2sv240/RES2SV240-Overview.htm
Priced around US$250-300, depending on...
Hey guys,
I've been reading these forums like crazy for the last week or so, but now I'm at the point where I need to ask some questions and try and get a little bit of help from some of you.
Long story short I'm just starting to build a DIY file server / NAS, and I'm after a little bit of...