HAST initial sync speed

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:31:58AM +0200, Thomas Rasmussen wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I finally got my ZFS/HAST setup up and running, or trying to at least.
> I am wondering how fast the initial HAST sync normally is - I created
> these 4 HAST providers yesterday on 4 146 gig drives, and they still each
> have over 90 gigabytes 'dirty' today. The machines are powerful (dell
> r710) and are otherwise idle, and they are connected to the same gigabit
> switch.
> 
> I can supply details about any part of the configuration if needed, but I
> just wanted to ask if you guys believe something is wrong here. I can't help
> but think, if the initial sync takes 24+ hours, then if I ever need to
> replace one of the servers, I will be without redundancy until the new
> server reaches 0 'dirty' bytes, correct ?

Correct, but synchronizartion should take much, much less time.
Is dirty count actually decreasing?

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
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