Help me reat my ZFS pool please -- Open Solaris

[Smurfy]

Sorry if this should be in the harddrive sub forum but it seemed to fit here better.

I am in the process of building a file server, which i was recommended to try a ZFS file system;

It consists of a 3Ware 3650SE-12 Port Raid Controller and 5*1.5Tb WD Greens in a raid 5 array, what i would trying to achieve is a single partition of approx. 7.5GB.

I have configured the raid controller and drives ( I assume its sitting there un formatted??) but now need to create a ZFS pool on the drive (a separate pool to the OS drive i should think).

The example given here is this;
# zpool create tank c1t2d0

I can just about grasp the command however
Whats this c1t2d0? how can i point it to my single raid array?

--EDIT
Sorry about the miss-spelt title, obviously it should be create

 

[Smurfy]

Thanks guys, really helped me out.
I appear to have hit an interesting dilemma, do i ;

a.) forget ZFS and go for another file system making use of the 3Ware 9650SE's on board XOR processor.

b.) stick with ZFS and Raid-Z and presumably loose the hardware acceleration of the 9650SE.


Could someone confirm those are my choices>?

 

[Smurfy]

cheers guys, much appreciated.
The advice seems sound, i assume that, if i went down a the possible route, MT- suggested, that is;
Raid 0 every pair of drives

This would double the parity space as ZFS would see every pair as a single drive. Not a huge consideration for large number of drives, but with5/6 drives its too much of a payoff for me.

Thanks again for the advice people