AW: AW: [linux-lvm] SAN setup with host mirrored disks
Kelly Sauke
ksauke at fastenal.com
Mon Jul 17 14:33:32 UTC 2006
Fiederling, Daniel wrote:
> Currently I have only one path to each disk but further on I'd like to test a setup with multiple paths. But am I right that I have to use md on top of multipathd for getting the two disks mirrored?
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Yes, multipathd only handles the multiple paths on a per disk basis. If
you need them mirrored you have to use something on top of the multipath
layer. Using md is one option that should work just fine.
> I tested different qla2xxx drivers (SuSE shipped, origanal download packages from qlogic, packages from hp) and the non suse offered much more module parameters - one of them was about en-/disabling failover. I would guess that the qla2xxx driver or the card firmware can handle multiple paths. But I'm not sure about that...
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I've yet to meet an HBA that doesn't work with multiple paths. I would
check EMC's support matrix for your particular card. I know that we
have to run specific EMC firmware on our HBAs to be fully supported. I
think by running the non EMC firmware you lose some of the functionality
and may run into some stability issues. I can't comment on that further
since we've never done any testing with non-EMC firmware.
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: linux-lvm-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces at redhat.com] Im Auftrag von Kelly Sauke
> Gesendet: Montag, 17. Juli 2006 15:36
> An: LVM general discussion and development
> Betreff: Re: AW: [linux-lvm] SAN setup with host mirrored disks
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>> Why do I have to expect io errors when using md? What is special about the Clariion setup? I would expect that the san disks are only "normal" scsi disks for linux...
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> The difference comes in how the multiple paths to the same disk are
> handled under linux. If you only have one path to each disk, then this
> doesn't apply to you. I guess I forgot to clarify if you had more than
> one path. Anyway, if you have multiple paths mpio knows which is the
> Active path and which is the Passive path. Sending IO down a passive
> path will result in IO errors.
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