Advanced Disk Parameters: the unofficial diagram This is a guest post by Andy Grant. When it comes to understanding complex topics, I find it useful to create a diagram of the concept or system in question. The creative process aids in my understanding and provides a means for discussion and review. In an attempt to wrap […]
SIOC and Adaptive Queue Depth testing on iSCSI LUNs
SIOC and Adaptive Queue Depth testing on iSCSI LUNs This is a guest post by Andy Grant. This is a continuation of the post Some Answers About Queues: LUN and HBA Queue Depth on ESX(i) Hosts. Questions arose about conflicting support statements for Storage IO Control and in an effort to further the investigation, I have performed […]
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Configuring ALUA – Asymetric Logical Unit Access I was configufing a mutlipath for a Eternus DX 60 storage SAN and there is a section there on configuring ALUA. (Asymetric Logical Unit Access). Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) is a standard-based method for discovering and managing multiple paths to a SCSI LUN. It is described in […]
