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January 23rd, 2013 08:00
Mixed Storage Pool expansion issue
hi all....
in a vnx5300 i'm triyng to expand a mixed storage pool composed by SAS drive (STE30065 CLAR300) and NL-SAS drive (ST310004CLAR1000) with new NL-SAS drives (ST1000NM NEO1000) but i'm receive the warning message "Drive type of Pool_R5_MIXED and disks selected for expansion are different". Can i safely ignore this warning or i've to check something else prior to apply the expansion??? Thanks in advance!!
Carlo
SushantGulati
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January 23rd, 2013 21:00
Did you recieve the new type of disks from EMC? The disk model type is different although I guess the sizes are both 1TB.
Teraflop75
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January 23rd, 2013 22:00
Yes.... You're right!!!
Both nl-sas types are exactly the same size....
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SushantGulati
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January 24th, 2013 00:00
Raising an SR with EMC would help to get a response regarding whether both the disk types will be supported in the same group as the same tier in the mixed pool. Never encountered this warning message myself, but I think its a harmless message because of the different model of Seagate drives. The drives are of the same type with same interface speed. But still before expanding the existing pool, would recommend a definitive response from EMC regarding supporting both drives in the same pool. EMC has shipped the disks to you, so they should be able to clarify very soon.
Teraflop75
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January 24th, 2013 22:00
Ok!
Opened a SR wih emc support. The warning is related only to the difference between Seagate 1TB NL-SAS model......so can be safely ignore and the disks can be added to the pool with absolutely no risks for the data integrity!!
Thx Sushant for you support!!
SushantGulati
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January 24th, 2013 23:00
Glad I could help
Can you mark this as answered, so that the thread is closed?