So if you purchased a Equallogic and put it into production one of the first things that you notice is that your xTB didn’t go as far as you originally planned, this is because Equallogic by default comes with a 100% snapshot reserve on all volumes that you create. This…
iSCSI Initiator: OpenIndiana
Alot of my time is spent handling storage from the array side, however recently I had the need to test both sides of the process in order to perform some exclusionary tests against a fully adaptable environment, without impacting our production environments, so I ended up using OpenIndiana 151a on…
Adventures in ZFS: Configuring iSCSI Targets
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…
Adventures in ZFS: Storage Sizing
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…
Adventures in ZFS: Crucial M4 Firmware SMART Issue
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…