On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:27:24PM -0700, Buck Huffman wrote: > I'm currently testing/configuring 4 T5440's (2 prod & 2 UAT) and I have a > couple of question about how I should configure my systems. I'm planning on > having four guest domains running as individual cluster nodes on each system. > Right now I've got a CFS share running on my primary domains to host the > guest domains root file systems. I've got 4 dual-port HBA's and 3 NIC's that > I need to come up with a configuration. > > So Question: > Is there a benefit to running two I/O domains each with a NIC and an HBA that > then shares to the guest domains? Or should I just run a primary that > controls all the I/O?
Yes, the primary benifits being redundancy and having the option to reboot control/io domains without having to shut down all guest domains. I highly recommend reading: http://wikis.sun.com/display/BluePrints/LDOMS+IO+Best+Practices+-+Data+Reliability+With+Logical+Domains vh Mads Toftum -- http://soulfood.dk _______________________________________________ ldoms-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss
