I just installed a FAS2240-4 along with 3 DS4246 shelves full of 2 TB SATA disks.
This filer is intended to be used as a SnapMirror destination for my production filer.
My production filer is a 2240-4 with 1 DS4246 shelf. The filer has 24 2 TB SATA disks carved out for Exchange 2010 and our file servers. 26.19 TB total.
The DS4246 shelf has 24 600 GB SAS disks used for my VMware servers. 8.65 TB total.
One controller of the filer is over the filer's disks, the other controller is for the shelf.
Previously I was backing these up to an older 2040 with one shelf but I replaced that with the 2240 and shelves mentioned above.
I'm looking for advice on how to split up the available space.
The filer is currently configured with half of the filer's disks assigned to one controller and the other half to the other controller.
This is what I'm thinking:
Controller A: Assigned to all of the filer's disks and 2 shelves. This will give me roughly 72 TB of disk space after RAID-DP and 2 spares are taken out. I will use this space to receive data from the SATA aggr on the source filer (Exchange and File Server data).
Controller B: Assigned to the 3rd shelf. I will get about 24 TB from this shelf which will be for my VMware SnapMirror.
What is the best method of reassigning my disks?
The disks for my shelves are currently unassigned and the filer's disks are split between the two controllers.
Is there anything I'm missing that I'm not thinking about?
