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April 7th, 2011 02:00
iSCSI active/active? file access active/standby ?
hello,
I have been browsing through all documentation but I was not able to find a sure answer to a couple of questions:
first: with block access (iSCSI) does the two storage processors works Active/Active ?
second: with file access (NFS,CIFS) are they configurable active/standby meanwhile for iSCSI they are active/active ?
tanks in advance for answers, Gianluigi
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Kumar_A
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April 7th, 2011 08:00
Both file and block storage runs on a storage server (iSCSI server for iSCSI storage or shared folder server for CIFS/NFS storage) -- and one storage server runs on one SP at a time. This storage server can failover to the other SP if the first one is down for any reason.
There is no concept of active and standby SPs in VNXe storage systems.
gl_dlz
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April 7th, 2011 08:00
so, one storage server runs on one SP at a time and in case of failure it'll fail to the other SP.
What about the other SP while the first is running?, is it idle o running another storage server?
Gianluigi
Kumar_A
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April 7th, 2011 09:00
The other storage processor will also run a set of storage servers. Unisphere will automatically split the storage servers that you create between the SPs so that both of them are utilized equally.
gl_dlz
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April 11th, 2011 03:00
Thank you Avi !