Re: P2000 change vDisk spare to Global Spare
Nice to hear that you got the information which you were looking for.Also request you to mark the forum as resolved if there is no more outstanding query from your end on this issue.This will help for...
View ArticleSmart Array HBA Cache setting with P408e-p 4Gb Cache (804405-B21) and MSA...
Hi,Struggling to clarify, from the MSA product documentation, how the Smart Array HBA cache needs to be configured (i.e. Disabled/Read Only/etc) for shared volumes presented out of a MSA 2050 SAS...
View ArticleRe: Smart Array HBA Cache setting with P408e-p 4Gb Cache (804405-B21) and MSA...
Hello,HP Smart array controllers are always configured and managed from the hostswhere the controller is installed and not from Storage like MSA 2050 which just presents volumes.SmartCache is deployed...
View ArticleRe: Smart Array HBA Cache setting with P408e-p 4Gb Cache (804405-B21) and MSA...
Hi,Thank you for your reply, but I am not talking about "SmartCache".I want to know if the 4Gb of onboard hardware cache memory on the Smart Array P408e-p is needed/useable for shared volumes being...
View ArticleRe: MSA change host-port-mode
Can you please confirm if it's safe to switch from FC to iSCSI with no risk of data partition loss?I've already configured Ext4 partitions on the MSA 2050 storage which is currently connected via FC....
View ArticleConnecting new host to MSA 2050 without loosing data.
I have an HP MSA 2050 storage that is already configured on one host via FC interface and I am using it on Redhat servers with Ext4 partition formatting done on the MSA partitions.But, as per my new...
View ArticleRe: MSA change host-port-mode
Dear Rohit,The host uses the iSCSI or FC protocol to see the storage volumes.Storage volumes created from RAID still reside on the MSA. Thus, all you are doing is changing the protocol on the host to...
View ArticleRe: MSA2052 slow performance
Shang1983 - did your performance problem with your MSA 2052 ever get resolved? We're seeing performance problems on our MSA 2052, although we're not using SSDs. Performance was very high when we...
View ArticleRe: MSA2052 slow performance
Radan,We're having problems with our MSA 2052 in RAID 6 in a way that is similar to what you described when yours was set up with RAID 6, and you said that switching to RAID 10 fixed it for you. Are...
View ArticleRe: Connecting new host to MSA 2050 without loosing data.
For simultaneouse access you need a cluster aware filesystem, otherwise you corrupt your data.
View ArticleRe: MSA change host-port-mode
There is no risk involved if you want to change host port mode from FC to iSCSI. This is just related to which protocol and interface you want to use for data transfer. Important point to keep this in...
View ArticleRe: Smart Array HBA Cache setting with P408e-p 4Gb Cache (804405-B21) and MSA...
Hi,Ok i get it now!.Is MSA 2050 using this controller?If so then the 4gb cache module on the controller is used and needed.Thanks
View ArticleRe: Connecting new host to MSA 2050 without loosing data.
Yes you need Install and configure High-Availability Cluster setup for your Server Operating System in order to access same MSA volume from both servers otherwise data corruption will happen.You can...
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Re: Smart Array HBA Cache setting with P408e-p 4Gb Cache (804405-B21) and MSA...
This is an example of what I am talking about: Each server has a Smart Array P408e-p 4Gb that is dual connected to the MSA2050 SAS (one SA SAS port per MSA2050 SAS controller). The MSA2050 is...
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Re: Smart Array HBA Cache setting with P408e-p 4Gb Cache (804405-B21) and MSA...
Well I can answer my own question now, as I found this in a HPE MSA TekTalk from 2017...Why is this not clearly called out in the MSA2050 QuickSpec?
View ArticleMSA P2000 G3 disk upgrade
Hi, i have MSA P2000 G3, i want to replace 1 disk from the array of 6G DP 15K SAS 600GB(spare 601777-001) with any higher capacity disk.please advise compatible spare with same speed 15K.
View ArticleRe: MSA P2000 G3 disk upgrade
Hello,Can you explain why you want a higher capacity disk? The reason I ask is that if you have a pre-existing Vdisk that was created with 600GB HDDs, lost a drive, and added a new 1TB drive as a...
View ArticleHPE MSA2050 Storage Replication Adapter
Hi ,Does anyone know about if MSA 2050 has a storage replication adapter?Thank you
View ArticleRe: HPE MSA2050 Storage Replication Adapter
Dear Neo, MSA 2050 storage architecture is virtualized based. The supported RAID levels run only in virtual mode and not linear. Thus, only virtual volumes can be created and not linear volume (...
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