Is FLARE 30 available now ?

rolltidega wrote: Here is a weird one.  I saw FLARE 30 out there and downloaded it yestersay.  Now when I go out there all I see if FLARE 28 and 29.  30 is no where to been seen!  Anyone know if FLARE 30 was pulled for some reason?

I noticed this too. I didn't have it, emailed support and they added it, now it's gone again.

It would be helpful to know why it was pulled/disappeared.

Jeff

New code CX4 Series FLARE OE Bundle 04.30.00.5.005 which addresses emc250479 has posted to Powerlink.

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Is there any recomendations/best practice about adding drives to a Storage Pool and what Raid types for Storage Pools are supported? I saw in a webcast that 5 drives 4+1 was recommended in the create storage pool box for example for a Raid 5 pool. Is it as simple as 5,10,15 for Raid 5, 10, 20 for Raid 6 etc...

Thanks for any advice.

I found the following statment from "h5512 Virtual Provisioning White Paper"

"Recommended Pool size are multiples of 5 for Raid 5,

Multiples of 8 for Raid 6

Multiples of 8 for Raid 1/0"

Hope this helpful.

Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure about RAID 1/0 but now you have confirmed it's supported in Flare 30.

I have found the doc mentioned which is very useful.

The Unisphere CLI pdf doc only shows Raid 5 and 6 when using the command to create pools but somewhere hidden later in doc in a footnote it states Flare 30 supports RAID 1/0. Doc needs amending if any EMC guys are reading this.

Just waiting for the performance and reliability doc for Flare 30 to be published now.

Jen_LeClair wrote: The new storage efficiency enablers for FLARE 30 are FAST, FAST cache and Block Data Compression. These are chargeable licensed enablers. They are available individually. There is also an Advanced FAST Suite which includes FAST, FAST Cache, EMC Unisphere Quality of Service Manager (formerly Navisphere Quality of Service Manager), and EMC Unisphere Analyzer (formerly Navisphere Analyzer). Contact you EMC sales rep for pricing.

Would you be able to post the EMC part numbers for these (new and upgrade)?

Jeff

Please contact your EMC sales rep or reseller for pricing.

Hi All,

Can anyone help me to upgrade flare 29 to 30 of CX4-120.

Kitmeer Ahmad

I suggest you start off by reading the Flare 30 release notes.

You should also ensure that any attached servers are supported so check against the EMC CLARiiON Support matrix.

If you are replicating to another array ensure all pre-req are met also.

If you use any other EMC software such as replication manager you may need to upgrade those products at same time. Again check the relevant support matrixes.

Finally download and install Navisphere or Unisphere Service manager which will take you thru the steps of downloading and installing the software.

But if as it sounds you are inexperienced I suggest you get your local EMC ASN Velocity Partner to help you or engage EMC directly.