[dm-devel] [RFC] pathchecker
Joe Thornber
thornber at redhat.com
Tue Mar 2 03:54:14 UTC 2004
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:38:06PM +0100, christophe varoqui wrote:
> I confirm the current event notification scheme is useable for the
> pathchecker. I have a prototype I'll post this week.
Excellent.
> Speaking of that I call for comment on the saneness of the following
> general rule : what about the multipath configuration tool isolating
> failed paths in a fallback PG ? They would be marked Active as no IO
> went through them, and thus be exercised in case high priority paths all
> fail. If they are hot-activated by the controler (think a controler LUN
> handling switchover), they will work as-is. If they are really failed,
> they will just be marked as such.
I think you'll need a set of fallback PGs corresponding to the
original PGs.
I think it's a good idea, definitely worth trying. It'll reduce the
chances of io failing when there really is a valid path.
- Joe
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