I'm trying to understand how data is able to move between nodes. Let's say we have two NetApps — nodes 1/2 and nodes 3/4. Both NetApps are connected to a pair of cluster switches. The e1a ports on nodes 1/2 are connected to an Ethernet switch. The e1a ports on nodes 3/4 are not connected to anything. An interface is configured for NFS use and is currently active on port e1a of node1. An NFS volume lives on node1. I can migrate the NFS interface to node 2 and clients will still be able to reach the NFS volume via port e1a on that node. That makes sense. My question is: if I migrate the volume to an aggregate on nodes 3/4, will a client connected via node 1 -> e1a -> NFS interface still be able to reach it via the cluster switch connection between nodes 1/2 & 3/4? In other words, is correct to say that as long as there's at least one node with one physical port connected and one interface active on it, the underlying volume can be reachable from any node in the cluster, via the cluster switch network? (If so, obviously this is not a best practice! Also, I'm only talking Ethernet connections here. I know that Fibre Channel & iSCSI are different kettles of fish.)
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Hi, NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI version 2.0.1 was released in February 1st, However, it supports ESXi 7.*, Please advise when do you plan to release it for ESXi 8.0 (which was released late last year). Thanks, Roy.
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Hi All, I want to ask my test about snapMirror SVM by iSCSI, I create three snapmirror for vserver, each for cifs、nfs and iscsi and with identity-preserve, I saw the lif interfaces for cifs and nfs svm been mirror, but not found lif of the iscsi svm, so lif of th iscsi svm will not be mirror?
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we have more than 10 small AFF clusters on different locations. the space is always an issue when time goes on. we are thinking to add a second tier for archiving old data instead of keep spending the capacities. the question is which one is the best choices financially and technically, StorageGRID, cloud or something else? Please share your experience if you are facing similar situation. thanks,
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Hello, I'm in the planning stages of a VSCAN design and planning. I will be using 3 servers with Symantec Protection Engine(SPE) 9.X for the VSCAN solution. I want to know if I can install SPE on all 3 servers with antivirus connector(1.0.7P1)? Or should I install antivirus connector on 2 windows servers and make the 3rd server a linux server and install SPE?
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