Here i go again, Linux what flavour? - Page 6

Dr. Z · 29-10-2007, 02:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

ZFS is scary. You want petabytes of storage? No problem.

One of my mates works for Sun

They had a little array of drives connected to a Solaris box, but the power cables were connected to this other box that randomly power cycled drives (and more than one at once sometimes) while the solaris box performed continuous read/write operations and checksummed all the files.

No errors whatsoever. At all. For the entire time the demonstration ran.

The way you can just add drives and take drives away from a ZFS pool is pretty neat too. You have to pay lots for a RAID implementation that'll do stuff like that!

Mark · 29-10-2007, 02:06

I read lots of stuff about ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, ReiserFS4, XFS, ZFS, and one or two others when I was researching which filesystems to use for the latest incarnation of my RAID array at home.

ZFS was the only one that achieved this emotion ->

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Chuckles · 29-10-2007, 02:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRZ

One of my mates works for Sun

They had a little array of drives connected to a Solaris box, but the power cables were connected to this other box that randomly power cycled drives (and more than one at once sometimes) while the solaris box performed continuous read/write operations and checksummed all the files.

No errors whatsoever. At all. For the entire time the demonstration ran.

The way you can just add drives and take drives away from a ZFS pool is pretty neat too. You have to pay lots for a RAID implementation that'll do stuff like that!

That is pretty damn awesome! Was that all based in a SAN?

LeperousDust · 29-10-2007, 02:11

Haha sorry DRZ i would like to get this working the linux way seems a better solution but i specifically didnt want this hassle

! Annoyingly sods law dictated the installer seemed to hang at 82% while searching for apt mirros apparently. The OS still responded but the installer was taking twice as long as its done the last 10 times (i've got some good experience at installing now!) so i'm giving it another friggin chance!

Dr. Z · 29-10-2007, 02:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by starscream

That is pretty damn awesome! Was that all based in a SAN?

I think they were actually drives that the OS was talking to directly via some local HBA, but I don't know specifics. I dont think ZFS actually cares how your drives are connected, but I think the idea is it talks to the bare metal rather than an "interfering" raid controller. I get the distinct impression they are trying to take market share from hardware RAID

LeperousDust · 29-10-2007, 02:32

woohoo i'm in, GRUB's up and running and booting Ubuntu fine, finally!
I'll set to wiring everything in again now and spinkling magic fairy dust in the hope that helps...

Dr. Z · 29-10-2007, 02:33

\o/

LeperousDust · 29-10-2007, 02:38

Indeed, well unbuntu is flying away installing the restricted drivers and software updates, i'll leave those first. I L*LOVE* the way it does this, it really is *pish* to use as a general office/internet browse OS. It just generally (when working

) just *work*. Configuring things on the other hand are horrendous sometiems

LeperousDust · 29-10-2007, 03:02

Yay! I think i can sleep tongiht then, i'm going to muck around the see if ubuntu can see all these drives now first i think though. Tomorrow involves setting up print server/share with webadmin, RAID5ing my drives and samba sharing that with a webadmin too, with a possible backup solution thrown in. It's either that or going out, so i may schedule that for tuesday

Wish me luck!

Cheers for all the support DRZ/Mark, you're wonderful!

//Edit seems there all there in Hardware Info waiting to be mounted

Stan_Lite · 29-10-2007, 06:23

Alex, I know this may be slightly cheeky but could you keep a log of everything you do for this project please. I have been considering setting up an Ubuntu NAS for a bit and rather than go through all the pish you've been going through myself, it would be easier for me, if/when I get around to it, to have some notes to refer to. Doesn't need to be too specific but if you could keep note of hardware configurations, software installed etc. I would be hugely grateful

I'm not saying I would follow your build exactly but it would be handy to have a few pointers. If you can't be bothered then feel free to tell me to ***k off

29-10-2007, 02:11	#54
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Haha sorry DRZ i would like to get this working the linux way seems a better solution but i specifically didnt want this hassle ! Annoyingly sods law dictated the installer seemed to hang at 82% while searching for apt mirros apparently. The OS still responded but the installer was taking twice as long as its done the last 10 times (i've got some good experience at installing now!) so i'm giving it another friggin chance! __________________

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LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	woohoo i'm in, GRUB's up and running and booting Ubuntu fine, finally! I'll set to wiring everything in again now and spinkling magic fairy dust in the hope that helps... __________________

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Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	\o/ __________________

29-10-2007, 02:38	#58
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Indeed, well unbuntu is flying away installing the restricted drivers and software updates, i'll leave those first. I LLOVE the way it does this, it really is pish to use as a general office/internet browse OS. It just generally (when working ) just work. Configuring things on the other hand are horrendous sometiems __________________

29-10-2007, 03:02	#59
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Yay! I think i can sleep tongiht then, i'm going to muck around the see if ubuntu can see all these drives now first i think though. Tomorrow involves setting up print server/share with webadmin, RAID5ing my drives and samba sharing that with a webadmin too, with a possible backup solution thrown in. It's either that or going out, so i may schedule that for tuesday Wish me luck! Cheers for all the support DRZ/Mark, you're wonderful! //Edit seems there all there in Hardware Info waiting to be mounted __________________ Last edited by LeperousDust; 29-10-2007 at 03:05.

29-10-2007, 02:06	#52
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I read lots of stuff about ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, ReiserFS4, XFS, ZFS, and one or two others when I was researching which filesystems to use for the latest incarnation of my RAID array at home. ZFS was the only one that achieved this emotion -> .

29-10-2007, 06:23	#60
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Alex, I know this may be slightly cheeky but could you keep a log of everything you do for this project please. I have been considering setting up an Ubuntu NAS for a bit and rather than go through all the pish you've been going through myself, it would be easier for me, if/when I get around to it, to have some notes to refer to. Doesn't need to be too specific but if you could keep note of hardware configurations, software installed etc. I would be hugely grateful I'm not saying I would follow your build exactly but it would be handy to have a few pointers. If you can't be bothered then feel free to tell me to ***k off __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...