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тАО07-07-2000 01:38 PM
тАО07-07-2000 01:38 PM
Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
Our intention is to stripe the file systems containing the database files across as many disks as possible, using a 64 KB stripe size, in order to balance the workload and achieve maximum concurrency.
I had a couple of questions regarding the configuration of the FC60.
Firstly, can the FC60 be used in a Raid 0+1 configuration ?
Secondly, when using a striped configuration (Raid 0, Raid 0+1, Raid 5), can one stripe across all the disks in the system, or is one limited to striping across disks in a single SC10 module, or is the stripe group even more restrictive ?
For instance, if I populate the FC60 system with twenty drives, I would ideally prefer to stripe each file system across all twenty drives.
I tried looking up this information in the HP-provided documents on the Web, but configuration details are woefully lacking in these documents.
Thanks for any input.
Raghav Reddy
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тАО07-07-2000 02:21 PM
тАО07-07-2000 02:21 PM
Re: Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
1. Yes, FC60 could used for RAID 0+1.
2. You could configure the SC10 in split bus or full bus mode, Accordingly the striping can be done.
Here are the steps that you could perform:
a. amdsp -i ( will show the array ID)
b. ammgr -D
c. ammgr -t
d. amcfg -L
For example:
#amcfg -L A:0 -d 1:0,2:0,3:0,... -r 10 -S
e. insf -eC disk ( to install special files for disk)
f. ammgr -h
Hope this is clear and helps you in configuring the RAID Array.
Ram
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тАО07-10-2000 08:23 AM
тАО07-10-2000 08:23 AM
Re: Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
Thank you for your response. At this point I wasn't looking for the command syntax for configuring the system, since we haven't purchased it yet. I was inquiring into the feasibility of striping across all disks in the FC60 system, not just in each SC10 module.
Your reply appears to indicate that this is feasible. As a fallback, I suppose I could configure the FC60 system for Raid-1, and use LVM striping for load balancing.
Raghav
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тАО07-11-2000 05:29 AM
тАО07-11-2000 05:29 AM
Re: Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
1.Yes, you could stripe across the FC60
2.I suggest, to use FC60 for striping and mirroring as well
Ram
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тАО07-20-2000 08:30 AM
тАО07-20-2000 08:30 AM
Re: Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
The Oracle dedicated storage is around 80gb. LUNS are a combination of RAID1/0 and RAID5 (no db storage on the RAID5 LUN!). Striping appears to be working gracefully.
We commit ~250,000 records daily. Our read-to-write is probably a little lower than yours; we're storing test records for manufacturing in this system.
Performance (as compared the the Model 20 Nike arrays we were using) is outstanding. Even under full system load, the drive systems are simply NOT a bottleneck.
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тАО07-20-2000 08:46 AM
тАО07-20-2000 08:46 AM
Re: Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
Thank you for your response. Your configuration is very similar to what I wish to do. You said the striping is working very well. Are you doing LVM striping in addition to Raid 0+1, or were you just referring to the the Raid 0+1 striping within the array ?
Also, have you measured your thoughput in terms of physical I-Os per second as viewed by the HP operating system ? Also the actual ratio of Reads to Writes ? I'd be very interested in knowing what these numbers were.
Regards,
Raghav
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тАО07-21-2000 08:27 AM
тАО07-21-2000 08:27 AM
Re: Configuration Options for the FC60 Disk Array
I haven't bothered to thoroughly bench-mark the device, as we're literally not waiting for it at all. See today's sar.....
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HP-UX mercury B.11.00 U 9000/800 07/21/00
00:00:00 %usr %sys %wio %idle
01:00:01 54 40 4 2
02:00:01 56 38 3 2
03:00:00 56 38 3 2
04:00:00 55 39 4 3
05:00:01 55 39 3 3
06:00:00 59 36 3 2
07:00:00 55 39 4 3
08:00:00 63 33 2 1
09:00:00 55 38 4 3
10:00:01 56 38 4 2
11:00:00 55 39 4 3
Average 56 38 3 2
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And today's uptime:
11:26am up 22 days, 18:24, 10 users, load average: 2.12, 2.07, 2.12
We routinely ran between 10 and 40 percent WIO on the Model 20 arrays.
HTH.
Jeff