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тАО01-17-2005 06:28 AM
тАО01-17-2005 06:28 AM
Redhat Linux multipathing question
We are running RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 update 4 connected to a SAN storage and using QLogic Fibre Channel HBA on the host server. We are evaluating multipath solutions and have to use active/active multipathing. Veritas VxVM is expensive and ruled out. I am looking for using LVM or EVMS which i beleive uses MP driver. Is is not MP driver is active/passive ? Does anybody recommend what i need to do to get active/active multipathing using LVM or EVMS or any other solution for active/active multipathing on Linux? Any documents or links will be very helpful .
Thanks.
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тАО01-17-2005 05:48 PM
тАО01-17-2005 05:48 PM
Re: Redhat Linux multipathing question
http://evms.sourceforge.net/
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тАО01-18-2005 08:13 AM
тАО01-18-2005 08:13 AM
Re: Redhat Linux multipathing question
What storage are you using - not all storage would provide any performance benefit with active/active connections.
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тАО01-18-2005 11:36 AM
тАО01-18-2005 11:36 AM
Re: Redhat Linux multipathing question
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тАО01-25-2005 10:41 AM
тАО01-25-2005 10:41 AM
Re: Redhat Linux multipathing question
# rpm -qa lvm
lvm-1.0.8-9
Once the path is faulty the path never comes back to active or sparse by itself and one has to do remove the device and add back the device recreating the array for the path to be used again.
Ex:
# mdadm -C /dev/md0 --level=multipath --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
where /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 are paths to the same storage volume.
say if sdb1 becomes faulty (ex: Fibre Cable pull test) once the path and the device have come back the mdadm doesn't detect the path has come active and one has to remove the add the device back ex: sdb1 in the followig example to change its state from faulty.
# mdadm /dev/md0 -r /dev/sdb1
# mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdb1
Does anybody know of a way for mdadm to auto detect the path has come back and change the mode from faulty to active or sparse ?
BTW LVM is active/passive since it depends on mdadm is active/passive and LVM2 in 2.6 will use device mapper which is active/active.