[dm-devel] IBM DS4300
Hannes Reinecke
hare at suse.de
Thu Jun 1 08:55:32 UTC 2006
Holger Smolinski wrote:
> Gil,
>
> DS4300 has two modes:
>
> AVT, which means only one path can be used at any point in time. Using an
> alternate path will cause Automated Volume Transfer and add significant
> latency.
> RDAC, which means only one path can be used at any point in time. Using an
> alternate path will cause an I/O error unless the volume has been migrated
> manually or by a hardware_handler.
>
And you _really_ will want to use AVT. RDAC mode is currently _not_
supported by multipath-tools.
For AVT mode you should use the pp_tpc prioritizer.
Cheers,
Hannes
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