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Date:      Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:25:41 +0300
From:      Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>
To:        Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus@eternamente.info>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS - thanks
Message-ID:  <cf9b1ee00907090525t7a337775q71aa01e6a3173de5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Nenhum_de_Nos<matheus@eternamente.info> wro=
te:
>
> On Thu, July 9, 2009 08:25, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> I just wanted to say a big big thank you to Kip and all the
>> developers who made ZFS on FreeBSD real.
>>
>> And to everyone who provided helpful comments in the
>> last couple of days.
>>
>> I had to delete and rebuild my zpool to switch from a
>> 12-disk raidz2 to two 6-disk ones, but yesterday I could
>> replace the raw devices with glabel devices and practice
>> replacing a failed disk at the same time. ;-)
>>
>> So now we have this setup:
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 NAME =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 STATE =A0 =A0 READ WRITE CK=
SUM
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 zfs =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0 =A0 =A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 raidz2 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 =
0 =A0 =A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk100 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk101 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk102 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk103 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk104 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk105 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 raidz2 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 =
0 =A0 =A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk106 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk107 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk108 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk109 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk110 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label/disk111 =A0ONLINE =A0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =A0 0 =A0 =
=A0 0
>>
>> which will get another enclosure with 6 750-GB-disks, soon.
>>
>> I really like the way I can manage storage from the operating
>> system without propriatary controller management software or
>> even rebooting into the BIOS.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Patrick
>
> I've always been curious about this. is said not good to have many disks
> in one pool. ok then. but this layout you're using in here will have the
> same effect as the twelve disks in only one pool ? (the space here is the
> sum of both pools ?)

Having an enormous pool consisting of dozens of disks is not the
actual problem. Having the pool consist of large (> 9 disks)
raidz/raidz2 "groups" is.

A single pool consising of 5 x 8 disk raidz (40 disks total) is fine.
A single pool consisting of a 40 (or any amount bigger than 9) disk
raidz is not.

- Sincerely,
Dan Naumov



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