- Community Home
- >
- Storage
- >
- Midrange and Enterprise Storage
- >
- XP Storage
- >
- Booting from XP24K THP lun
Categories
Company
Local Language
Forums
Discussions
Forums
- Data Protection and Retention
- Entry Storage Systems
- Legacy
- Midrange and Enterprise Storage
- Storage Networking
- HPE Nimble Storage
Discussions
Discussions
Discussions
Forums
Discussions
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
- BladeSystem Infrastructure and Application Solutions
- Appliance Servers
- Alpha Servers
- BackOffice Products
- Internet Products
- HPE 9000 and HPE e3000 Servers
- Networking
- Netservers
- Secure OS Software for Linux
- Server Management (Insight Manager 7)
- Windows Server 2003
- Operating System - Tru64 Unix
- ProLiant Deployment and Provisioning
- Linux-Based Community / Regional
- Microsoft System Center Integration
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Community
Resources
Forums
Blogs
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
02-13-2009 03:58 AM - last edited on 03-31-2014 07:30 PM by Lisa198503
02-13-2009 03:58 AM - last edited on 03-31-2014 07:30 PM by Lisa198503
Hi,
Are there any issues with booting Win2008 Cluster servers from XP24K Thin Provisioned Lun. Is this supported? Is anyone doing this currently?
Any comments or opinions will be usefull.
Thanks
D
P.S. This thread has been moved from Disk to Storage Area Networks (SAN) (Enterprise). -HP Forum Moderator
Solved! Go to Solution.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
02-13-2009 05:26 AM
02-13-2009 05:26 AM
SolutionHowever, I have booted Windows Server 2003 and 2008 server from ThP LUNs in a working and reliable pre-prod environment. They were clustered though, but I cannot see why this would make a difference.
Nigel
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
02-13-2009 05:45 AM
02-13-2009 05:45 AM
Re: Booting from XP24K THP lun
These will be clustered also, did you come across any gotcha's along the way?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
02-13-2009 06:00 AM
02-13-2009 06:00 AM
Re: Booting from XP24K THP lun
However, it should make no difference. The ThP side of things is handled by the XP in the background. The LUN on the front end is presented out exactly the same as any other OPEN-V LUN and handles SCSI commands and reserves etc exactly the same as with other LUNs.
No gotchas so to speak regarding booting from ThP LUNs, although a few best practices re defrags and how to format NTFS filesystems etc if you want to make use of over-provisioning.....
check out my blogsite where Ive been posting on ThP and how it works under the hood on the XP -
http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com
Later on today I will be udding a post with a link to a ThP best practices document I have written. Might be of use to you.
BTW I use the HDS terms for ThP (HDP) on my blog but the technology is EXACTLY the same (ThP and the XP is Hitachi storage resold by HP and HDS. its exactly the same other than the front doors are different).
HTH
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
02-13-2009 07:39 AM
02-13-2009 07:39 AM
Re: Booting from XP24K THP lun
Interesting blog, think i'll keep an eye on it.
Thanks again.
DJ
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
03-29-2009 10:16 PM
03-29-2009 10:16 PM
Re: Booting from XP24K THP lun
This is the document which Nigam has represented...
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
03-29-2009 10:18 PM
03-29-2009 10:18 PM
Re: Booting from XP24K THP lun
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
03-30-2009 12:49 AM
03-30-2009 12:49 AM
Re: Booting from XP24K THP lun
Ive written two revisions since that version and its now at version 1.3 with sections on ThP Theory, Free Page Table and Zero Page Reclaim. All interesting if you want to know how ThP works under the hood.
I update the document every month or so, or when major new features to ThP are available such as Zero Page Reclaim........
You can keep an eye out for updates at http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
03-30-2009 06:14 AM
03-30-2009 06:14 AM