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August 6th, 2008 04:00
Powerpath & Load balancing
Hi,
My AIX server is saturated, the hdiskpower0 is 100% busy,
I have 2 dual ports HBA on the server, I am using only one
port per dual hba.
In case I connect the second port on each hba to the San,
would I improve the I/O on hdiskpower0 and decrease
saturation with powerpath ? Why ?
Thanks
Consty
My AIX server is saturated, the hdiskpower0 is 100% busy,
I have 2 dual ports HBA on the server, I am using only one
port per dual hba.
In case I connect the second port on each hba to the San,
would I improve the I/O on hdiskpower0 and decrease
saturation with powerpath ? Why ?
Thanks
Consty
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jimkunysz
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August 6th, 2008 04:00
giving additional bandwidth to the san path would only help if the host was waiting on disk response ffrom the aray or your san utilization was saturated.
I would think you might want to consider balancing the i/o going to the lun by spreading accross different luns (if possible) or expanding the lun with additional spindle(s) to add iops to the raid group.
ovivier
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August 6th, 2008 06:00
If the IO load on the lun is very heavy, then you could change the lun configuration as Jimbo suggested.
Allen Ward
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August 6th, 2008 07:00