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August 25th, 2011 08:00
Storage Pool Oversubscription Limit on VNX
Hi,
Can you set a limit that a storage pool does not exceed for oversubscription on a VNX?
Thanks.
Dave
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August 25th, 2011 08:00
Hi,
Can you set a limit that a storage pool does not exceed for oversubscription on a VNX?
Thanks.
Dave
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jps00
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August 25th, 2011 09:00
I'm not sure I understand your question.
A pool provisioned with thick LUNs can never be oversubscibed. Thick LUN capacity is reserved when thick LUNs are bound. A pool provisioned with thin LUNs is intended to be 'oversubscribed'. Alerts will be generated as oversubscription becomes immenent.
The EMC VNX Virtual Provisioning: Applied Technology whitepaper includes a deailed description of pool capacity allocation, including the configuration of alerts. EMC VNX Virtual Provisioning: Applied Technology is available on Powerlink.
dscarani
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August 25th, 2011 10:00
I understand that a pool can consist of both thick and thin LUNs. On a VMAX you can configure a maximum subscription ratio for a thin pool (This ratio is the total host-perceived capacity of thin devices, divided by physical thin pool capacity). This prevents you from provisioning any more LUNs once that limit is reached. For example, I can set a max_subs_percent=125, which would enable a max of 125% oversubscription. I was wondering if the VNX provided similar capabilities.
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Kumar_A
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August 25th, 2011 14:00
You do not have that feature available on VNX. What you can see from Unisphere is the over-subscription value - so you would know that you have over subscribed your pool by 150% (for example). Also, you would get alerts when the consumed capacity reaches the pool capacity. You can set the threshold at which you want to start receiving these alerts.