Archive for the ‘ZFS’ Category
So recently I dealt with a rather aggravating problem. Basically I had a couple of Poweredge R515′s to be built with NexentaStor Enterprise, which would not get a valid network configuration. The Problem During the initial setup via the console… I selected bnx0 as the primary and set it to use DHCP, after a bit [...]
The most critical thing about any storage implementation is flexibility. This means that you need to be able to adapt your solution to changing environmental considerations. The nice thing about a ZFS-based solution is that all of the building blocks are available. If you want to use it as a NAS device, you can use [...]
One of the most complex parts of storage in general and ZFS in particular is correctly assessing the amount and types of storage that you will need to meet your requirements. You can of course just purchase what you can afford and hope for the best. But after reading this article you can relatively easily [...]
Let me preface this article by stating that this issue is NOT a ZFS issue or a Solaris issue. Previously I documented a issue in which the Crucial M4 SSD would “hesitate” causing ZFS to see it as faulted. This was promptly fixed in v0002 of their firmware. That issue is documented here. This issue [...]
A few days ago someone contacted me with an interesting issue with regards to the ZFS automatic snapshots, facilitatedby the time slider service. The Situation OpenSolaris machine with zpool exported. Time slider was working prior to export. Solaris 11 Express fresh install with zpool imported. The Symptoms Basically the core of the issue was that [...]