[Info-vax] MSA2000fc

[Syltrem]

"Dave" <BaxterD at tessco.com> wrote in message 
news:01d5db3d-967c-4ba4-9149-fe93154368aa at l3g2000vbv.googlegroups.com...
> Is anyone out there running an OpenVMS cluster with storage supplied
> by an MSA2000(fc)??
>
> We are considering this as an option for our disaster recovery sight
> which will run a reduced cluster, (Nodes will be bl860c Itanium blades
> in a c7000 enclosure.)     Connectivity will be via FC Switches, i.e.
> The MSA will not be directly attached to the enclosure.
>
> Just curious if anyone is prepared to share their experiences.    In
> particular,
>
> 1.   Any problems presenting storage to OpenVMS?
> 2.   Any issues booting from an MSA lun??
> 3.   Any problems presenting to multible hosts,
> 4.   etc.
>
>
> Dave.

We used to have an MSA1000 about 4 years ago, and I can answer your 3 
questions by "No."

But we did have some performance problems and had to ditch it and upgrade to 
an EVA4000.
The MSA is now in our disaster recovery site, humming pleasantly.

Note that when we did have the (serious) performance problems, the firmware 
only allowed for active/passive controllers, and has since been upgraded to 
active/active (and we lost all our LUN config in the upgrade process, not 
that it mattered much as it was being installed at the recovery site).

Your new unit must be active/active and that should help. Apart from that I 
don't know how it differs from the MSA1000.

I wouldn't be confortable running an MSA for production again. YMMV.

HTH
Syltrem