From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 17:28:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 905CF1065672 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 17:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41ABB8FC14 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 17:28:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so1263669yen.13 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 10:28:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to :x-gm-message-state; bh=vUPdaRdMhiNzh4tEnetYI5eq25VmTUKnHXiWW1TmnTI=; b=fy0OzTJBbQZOkO0mGBAXiP84cXMbjGQ5ypeieRuHDSU3SmM+qZI03xSgqfGlxXIN1d AxJE2B43PYmlcZWlDXjDiThkjwrDd7Hv9sHVjrAGR+HJa1EsnoHquFLk2euqhrNiXHzU HiX6FRXutxm1A7kJIBf146oq3c3MzO6E1uG/ejgSTkv6mu70IXqZ/97vBJH+oi3HxMjz u3HZoorBZqF1eJFEb/ChkMayFSKqSZumlkg+HAk8UdaXsEUtiJye3RF455LD15RoJn7/ Mx3LlH8HMdLLZY7t6RIbxBzF3pnjwc1V6JFWEWrp1gwZN2hxUIWuBK4XMD2je0XAWgYy 17cg== Received: by 10.236.153.199 with SMTP id f47mr3141708yhk.23.1338485325602; Thu, 31 May 2012 10:28:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2a01:e35:8a8e:f260:f05f:4fe6:21e2:dc81? ([2a01:e35:8a8e:f260:f05f:4fe6:21e2:dc81]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v16sm5376535anh.22.2012.05.31.10.28.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 31 May 2012 10:28:45 -0700 (PDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <2E9D8528-720F-4C35-B047-2887C914CC4D@my.gd> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 19:28:37 +0200 To: Oscar Hodgson X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQltAw6iAryupc91T5U1ld+gt4Oi2J80K/9ppbex4qQG0vuzCj2MANKdpT3bCAaa+4O5TDT4 Cc: Kaya Saman , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Anyone using freebsd ZFS for large storage servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:28:46 -0000 As a side note and in case you were considering, I strongly advise against L= inux + fuse ZFS. On 31 May 2012, at 18:05, Oscar Hodgson wrote: > That helps. Thank you. >=20 > This is an academic departmental instructional / research environment. > We had a great relationship with Sun, they provided great > opportunities to put Solaris in front of students. Oracle, not so > much, and the Oracle single-tier support model simply isn't affordable > for this "business" (there's no ROI at the departmental level ). > Solaris is not a viable option. >=20 > FreeBSD looks like the next best available option at the moment, > particularly considering the use of the storage heads as compute > machines. OpenIndiana shows promise. Nexenta has a great product, > but the user community expects more flexibility in software options. >=20 > Is there anything like a list of "supported" (known good) SAS HBA's? >=20 > Oscar >=20 > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: >> If this is any consellation I run a 36TB cluster using a self built >> server with a Promise DAS (VessJBOD 1840) using ZFS at home! to >> support my OpenSource projects and personal files. >>=20 >> As for OS take your pick: NexentaStor, FreeBSD, Solaris 11 >>=20 >>=20 >> All capable, of course Solaris has latest version of ZFS but still..... >>=20 >>=20 >> At work we're looking into getting a StorEdge appliance wich will >> handle up to 140+ TB. >>=20 >>=20 >> I am also in charge of redesigning one of our virtual SAN's to a >> FreeBSD ZFS storage system which will run.... well how many JBOD's can >> you fit on the system?? Probably round ~100TB or so..... >>=20 >>=20 >> Regards, >>=20 >>=20 >> Kaya >>=20 >>=20 >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Oscar Hodgson w= rote: >>> The subject is pretty much the question. Perhaps there's a better >>> place to be asking this question ... >>>=20 >>> We have (very briefly) discussed the possibility of using FreeBSD >>> pizza boxes as a storage heads direct attached to external JBOD arrays >>> with ZFS. In perusing the list, I haven't stumbled across indications >>> of people actually doing this. External JBODs would be running 24 to >>> 48TB each, roughly. There would be a couple of units. The pizza >>> boxes would be used for computational tasks, and nominally would have >>> 8 cores and 96G+ RAM. >>>=20 >>> Obvious questions are hardware compatibility and stability. I've set >>> up small FreeBSD 9 machines with ZFS roots and simple mirrors for >>> other tasks here, and those have been successful so far. >>>=20 >>> Observations would be appreciated. >>>=20 >>> Oscar. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"