The release should be out any day now. I think its being pushed to the external download site whilst we type/read.
Andy Lubel wrote: > The limitation existed in every Sun branded Engenio array we tested - > 2510,2530,2540,6130,6540. This limitation is on volumes. You will not be > able to present a lun larger than that magical 1.998TB. I think it is a > combination of both in CAM and the firmware. Can't do it with sscs either... > > Warm and fuzzy: Sun engineers told me they would have a new release of CAM > (and firmware bundle) in late June which would "resolve" this limitation. > > Or just do ZFS (or even SVM) setup like Bob and I did. Its actually pretty > nice because the traffic will split to both controllers giving you > theoretically more throughput so long as MPxIO is functioning properly. Only > (minor) downside is parity is being transmitted from the host to the disks > rather than living on the controller entirely. > > -Andy > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Torrey McMahon > Sent: Mon 5/19/2008 1:59 PM > To: Bob Friesenhahn > Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org; Kenny > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Sun Disk arrays - Opinions? > > > > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Kenny wrote: >> >> >> >>> Bob M.- Thanks for the heads up on the 2 (1.998) TN Lun limit. >>> This has me a little concerned esp. since I have 1 TB drives being >>> delivered! Also thanks for the scsi cache flushing heads up, yet >>> another item to lookup! <grin> >>> >>> >> I am not sure if this LUN size limit really exists, or if it exists, >> in which cases it actually applies. On my drive array, I created a >> 3.6GB RAID-0 pool with all 12 drives included during the testing >> process. Unfortunately, I don't recall if I created a LUN using all >> the space. >> >> I don't recall ever seeing mention of a 2TB limit in the CAM user >> interface or in the documentation. >> > > The Solaris LUN limit is gone if you're using Solaris 10 and recent patches. > The array limit(s) are tied to the type of array you're using. (Which > type is this again?) > CAM shouldn't be enforcing any limits of its own but only reporting back > when the array complains. > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
