Has anyone tried running (successfully or unsuccessfully) a configuration
with multiple independent (not clustered) Tru64 Unix hosts sharing a SCSI
bus with a dual-redundant pair of HSZ50s?
Here's what we'd like to do:
<AlphaStation 500/500> <AS 500/500> <AS 500/266> HSZ50 [pair]
KZPSA (Target 7)--------KZPSA (T6)----KZPSA (T5)-------(Targets 0,1,2)
Basically, each host will end up using its own dedicated unit (and
associated LUNs) exported from the HSZ50 - the raidsets won't ever be
shared.
I recognize that this configuration (except for the fact that we're
running AlphaStations) is ideal for a TruCluster ASE configuration. In
fact, we're currently running two TruCluster clusters using both HSZ50s
and HSZ70s. However, some planned upgrades will result in our freeing up
a dual-redundant pair of HSZ50s; if at all possible, we'd like to have
multiple hosts benefit from their attached storage farm.
We have all of the necessary cabling and adapters - I'm mostly curious as
to whether anyone is using this sort of configuration, and if so, what
problems did the shared bus create?
Thanks (in advance) for tales of woe or glory!
Todd V. Minnella
Lead Unix Systems Administrator/Analyst
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Computer Services, Harvard University
Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 22:35:37 NZST