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weezerhopw

Why all the partners?

‎2009-06-08 07:48 AM

Hello all, putting it bluntly, we are untrained newbs to NetApp. Could someonw explain why or the need for the 3 partner disks we see in this list?

0c.00.1dparityzoned/block01SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.2partnerzoned/block02SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.3parityzoned/block03SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.4partnerzoned/block04SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.5datazoned/block05SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.6partnerzoned/block06SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.7datazoned/block07SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.8datazoned/block08SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.9datazoned/block09SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.10datazoned/block010SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.11datazoned/block011SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.12datazoned/block012SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.13datazoned/block013SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.14datazoned/block014SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.15datazoned/block015SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.16datazoned/block016SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.17datazoned/block017SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.18datazoned/block018SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.19sparezoned/block019SA:1413 GB414 GB

Pool0


Thanks in advance for putting up with my newbie question.

Darin Martin

SVNRES

Portland, Oregon

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radek_kubka

Re: Why all the partners?

‎2009-06-08 08:19 AM

It means you have the dual-controller setup & these three disks are owned by the other controller.

So it looks like it has been configured for an 'active-passive' tandem where the controller you are looking at does the actual job, whilst the partner owns minimum number of disks (3) and take ownership only if the controller 1 fails.

The other option is to split disk ownership more or less evenly & run some workloads on both controllers.

Does it make sense?

Regards,

Radek

weezerhopw

Re: Why all the partners?

‎2009-06-08 08:21 AM

Yep, makes sense, thank you!

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kowalczykm

Re: Why all the partners?

‎2009-06-08 08:25 AM

Filer View dispalys disks which are owned by controller which you logged (data, partity, dparity, spare), and disks owned by second controller (partner). If you logon to second controller you will see that 0c.00.2, 0c.00.4, 0c.00.6 are data, parity parity, others are partner disk.

Best Regards,

Marcin

weezerhopw

Re: Why all the partners?

‎2009-06-08 08:29 AM

Makes sense, sortof..er I guess I am not fully understanding then why all the other disks are partners as well?

0a.17partnerzoned/block11FC:A133 GB134 GBPool0
0a.21partnerzoned/block15FC:A133 GB134 GBPool0
0a.22partnerzoned/block16FC:A133 GB134 GBPool0
0a.25partnerzoned/block19FC:A133 GB134 GBPool0
0a.27partnerzoned/block111FC:A133 GB134 GBPool0
0a.32partnerzoned/block20FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.34partnerzoned/block22FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.36partnerzoned/block24FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.37partnerzoned/block25FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.38partnerzoned/block26FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.40partnerzoned/block28FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.43partnerzoned/block211FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0a.45partnerzoned/block213FC:A266 GB268 GBPool0
0b.16partnerzoned/block10FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.18partnerzoned/block12FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.19partnerzoned/block13FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.20partnerzoned/block14FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.23partnerzoned/block17FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.24partnerzoned/block18FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.26partnerzoned/block110FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.28partnerzoned/block112FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.29partnerzoned/block113FC:B133 GB134 GBPool0
0b.33partnerzoned/block21FC:B266 GB268 GBPool0
0b.35partnerzoned/block23FC:B266 GB268 GBPool0
0b.39partnerzoned/block27FC:B266 GB268 GBPool0
0b.41partnerzoned/block29FC:B266 GB268 GBPool0
0b.42partnerzoned/block210FC:B266 GB268 GBPool0
0b.44partnerzoned/block212FC:B266 GB268 GBPool0
0c.00.0partnerzoned/block00SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.1dparityzoned/block01SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.2partnerzoned/block02SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.3parityzoned/block03SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.4partnerzoned/block04SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.5datazoned/block05SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.6partnerzoned/block06SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0
0c.00.7datazoned/block07SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.8datazoned/block08SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.9datazoned/block09SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.10datazoned/block010SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.11datazoned/block011SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.12datazoned/block012SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.13datazoned/block013SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.14datazoned/block014SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.15datazoned/block015SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.16datazoned/block016SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.17datazoned/block017SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.18datazoned/block018SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0aggr_sata_01
0c.00.19sparezoned/block019SA:1413 GB414 GBPool0


We have 2 controllers/Filers.

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weezerhopw

Re: Why all the partners?

‎2009-06-08 08:32 AM

Ahhh! I get it. *lightbulb went off*

Thank you!

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