"raid" as username and "raid" as password usually works for me, but recently had a problem with ASM which wouldn't allow configuration (email notification, etc) with the latest-at-the-time (build...
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"raid" as username and "raid" as password usually works for me, but recently had a problem with ASM which wouldn't allow configuration (email notification, etc) with the latest-at-the-time (build...
We use direct connection for some of our systems. Seems to work well.
I strongly recommend using a real hardware RAID controller instead of software RAID. You'll get much better performance, which is obviously what you're going for if you're choosing SSDs.
I've used...
We are also interested in VMWare ESX(i) 5.
Will you be shortly certified for VMWare ESX(i) 5? That'd be great. Already have customers asking about it.
Has anyone used DSS v6 with ESX(i) 5?
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Have a look into the ARECA interface. This can be done by booting into the ARECA card at boot (look at the prompt... I think the command is Alt-A), finding the IP address of the on-board controller,...
Do you have an option to run the scheduled task until the volumes are both consistent and then stop? That would be just about as useful as async.
I've had much better results with VPD 1 than with VPD 2 when it comes to ESX 4.x.
I am also interested in the asynchronous volume replication. I thought it already was available?
Replying to myself:
Snapshot merging has been available since LVM version 2.02.58 (Open-E uses 2.02.33 currently, I believe) and Linux kernel 2.6.33 (I'm not sure what version Open-E uses, but I...
If you have one lying around, try it!
Most of the time, those things work, and if they don't, just nag support to get it working. It's usually pretty easy.
I always think it's a good idea to...
Good idea!
The ability to add volumes without having to bring down your clients would be great, even if you are vulnerable for a short amount of time.
Snapshot merging: Both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Fedora 13 and 14 support LVM snapshot merging (where an active snapshot can become the primary volume permanently). When is Open-E going to have...
The underlying fibre channel and iscsi target driver (SCST) works with FCoE on a preliminary basis, but it hasn't been integrated into DSS, yet.
Good question. Bump.
I believe you can't go straight from 4023 to 4786. You need to update to (some of) the in-between versions, first. I'm not entirely sure, though.
This works for NAS volumes with data replication, if you set it up right.
Just because it's an "Enterprise" product does not mean you can use it in every possible combination or permutation...
I haven't had any problems installing Open-E on a VM, citrix or vmware.
This is really good to hear, although it almost comes too late!
It greatly depends on your system back end (i.e. software or hardware raid, what kind of raid set, how many hard-drives, etc). Also, there's a difference between "File I/O" and "Block I/O," since...
Block I/O is better. Fewer caching layers (I think), lower latency. In some circumstances, that means cached I/O can be a little slower, but if you have a fast back-end (a decent RAID card), it works...
Using shared iscsi storage in XEN under Linux:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18287.html
Citrix XenServer and VMWare ESX are cluster-aware.
Open-E currently only supports HA configurations with iSCSI. If you connect more than one XEN server to an iscsi volume at the same time, make sure that your XEN implementation is cluster-aware, or...
If Open-E ever supports IPoIB Connected Mode (IPoIB-CM), then IPoIB should be pretty fast. Right now, I think they only support Datagram Mode (DM). The difference is that the max MTU for CM is about...
I never checked with 8Gbit, actually (we only had one 8Gbit-capable card, so no 8Gbit initiators). Just with 4Gbit. Also, keep in mind that 8Gbit doesn't have as long of a range as running at 4Gbit.
Does DSS v6 support Mellanox ConnectX-2 cards? These cards allow you to select either 10GbE or Infiniband (QDR, actually). We need to know if these are supported, because we have a customer who wants...