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тАО10-10-2002 04:58 AM
тАО10-10-2002 04:58 AM
I am planning to set up a new triple mirrored lvol on 8 disks and would appreciate some guidance / assistance.
I wish to present as many spindles to this lvol as possible as it will carry a busy database.
As the read/write bias is very much read based then striping will be detrimental, so a plain triple mirror spread across the disks is what I believe to be best.
If you have a more efficient solution to this please say so, also I would appreciate help on laying the lvol and mirrors on the disks in this way.
Thanks in advance.
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тАО10-10-2002 05:12 AM
тАО10-10-2002 05:12 AM
SolutionI'd mirror only once. I'd spread the logical volume among the four physical volumes using distributed extents, and then simply create its mirror on the remaining four physical volumes. You end up with a simple physical volume group arrangement to which the subsequent addition of new physical volumes to the volume group is easy to handle. As always, allocate primary and alternate links split between controllers.
Regards!
...JRF...
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тАО10-10-2002 05:19 AM
тАО10-10-2002 05:19 AM
Re: Lvol help
I pull a mirror off during business hours as part of the DR solution and feel far more secure running on a remaining double that a single mirror.
Paula
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тАО10-10-2002 05:31 AM
тАО10-10-2002 05:31 AM
Re: Lvol help
Can't you get a ninth disk and then simply mirror across three sets of three disks?
I agree with James about the extent based striping and controller splitting.
Why do you think that striping will be detrimental to performance? The third mirror should increase read performance.
What database files are you planning to place in the volume?
Regards,
John
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тАО10-10-2002 05:41 AM
тАО10-10-2002 05:41 AM
Re: Lvol help
Ninth disk would require another FC10 -(cost).
This is a very read heavy database (Universe based Flight only) with in excess of 650 users (Ip and x25).
The bias is so read heavy that striping will slow it down.
So I therefore wish to place as many spindles as possible to the prime of the mirror, I even considered 4 disks for prime and then a two disk, two disk option for second and third mirror.
Paula
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тАО10-10-2002 06:13 AM
тАО10-10-2002 06:13 AM
Re: Lvol help
HP-UX schedules reads from the least busy copy so you would expect to see the 'primary' as the busiest, then the 'secondary', then the 'tertiary' (if you have one).
How long is the third mirror split for your DR solution? If it's a long time then you could go for a three disk 'primary', ditto 'secondary' and a one or two disk 'tertiary'.
Otherwise you could go for two disks for each copy and use the remaining two for something else.
Regards,
John
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тАО10-10-2002 06:24 AM
тАО10-10-2002 06:24 AM
Re: Lvol help
As I've aptly demonstrated several times in some of my "answers", I can be a little slow at math. However, if I understand how to read (and I think I do), the FC10 can hold up to 10 drives. Now comes the tricky math part. I really, really think that 8 is less than 10. So it seems to me that you ought to be able to add a 9th drive. Of course I just might be missing something, too . . .
;^)
Pete
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тАО10-10-2002 06:43 AM
тАО10-10-2002 06:43 AM
Re: Lvol help
Yes FC10 = 10 disks plus 2 internal
Distribution
2 x internal OS mirrored.
2 x FC10 disks = Database engine and volitile busy dirs - mirrored.
So I am afraid that leaves only 8 disks to play with.
Paula
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тАО10-10-2002 06:47 AM
тАО10-10-2002 06:47 AM
Re: Lvol help
Ahhhh! The missing part. I knew you had to better at math than I.
Pete
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тАО10-10-2002 06:51 AM
тАО10-10-2002 06:51 AM
Re: Lvol help
Just put 2 and 2 together and of course you get ----------------------------------------------------
Eight
Paula