I don’t see the issue:
Create massive aggregate, use RAID-DP and
leave 2 spare disks. Put all data in the one aggregate.
We (as a general rule) do not use a
separate aggregate for our root volumes – we just maintain a healthy
number of spares and use RAID-DP.
Glenn
From:
owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Milazzo Giacomo
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
7:09 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: 7.3.1 and 2020 nonsense
:-)
Hi all,
reading this from 7.3.1 release note I’ve
been really beated from this. I was thinking to a 2020 full of 1 TB SATA. To
have a 16 TB aggregate I should waste 3 TB for few gigs of root! J
Luckly I don’t think that somebody
will suggest a 2020 to manage 16 TB of data!!! J
Bye
Increased aggregate
capacity for FAS2020 systems
Beginning
with Data ONTAP 7.3.1, FAS2020 systems support aggregates up to 16 TB raw
capacity,
provided
that the root volume is hosted in a dedicated aggregate (that is, one that
contains only the root
volume
and no user data).
Note: An
alternative to maintaining a dedicated root aggregate is to maintain two spare
disks. A
dedicated
root aggregate configuration of three disks is the recommended best practice
for all systems.
However,
if such a configuration is not practical in your environment, you must maintain
two spare
disks
if you configure your FAS2020 system for aggregates larger than 8 TB raw
capacity.
If
you do not configure aggregates larger than 8 TB raw capacity on your FAS2020
system, the
conditions
for two spare disks or a dedicated root aggregate do not apply.
For more information about FAS2020
systems' storage capacity, see the System
Configuration Guide.
Dott. Giacomo Milazzo
Technical Account Manager
Sinergy SpA
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