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 Post subject: 8200 4ports, 2 for RC and 2 for Data
PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:04 pm 

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Hi Team,

as FC cards bit expensive, do you think just embedded ports would be enough to link two all flash 8200 - 1 pair for RC, another for Data? ISL 8 gbit, FC fabric 8 gbit but planned to be upgraded to 16 in several months. Planned load - vmware stretched cluster. Current replication bandwidth ~ 100MB\sec but SSD so i cannot use RCIP - due to delays and need to use peer persistance and sync copy.

of cource if one FC switch\fabric fails - we will have array connected by only 1 port to vmware hosts. So much bad?


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 Post subject: Re: 8200 4ports, 2 for RC and 2 for Data
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:27 am 

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You will lose persistent port
If you lose one node, you lose one fabric.
If you lose one fabric, you'll lose the performance of one node.
If you lose a single SFP or get into issue with a single port on FC switch or 3PAR it will impact an entire fabric. It will limit troubleshooting as you have multiple components as your only path in a fabric.

The FC HBA is an expensive 4port FC HBA, but in your entire storage environment it is a very small part of the total cost. Not really where I would start if I were to save money.

An to be honest, you are probably better off with a single fabric with 2 connections, but it isn't a good option either.

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 Post subject: Re: 8200 4ports, 2 for RC and 2 for Data
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:35 am 

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Thank you, looks like no way )

Rcip not an option?


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 Post subject: Re: 8200 4ports, 2 for RC and 2 for Data
PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:55 am 
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It depends...

RCIP is supported, but there are limitations on latency between the arrays... I am concerned that you only have a 100mbit link, so alot depends on your workload... Its counter-productive to have nice all-flash arrays with sync-replication over a slow line. Your disk IO latency will be impacted by your 100mbit link latency. If it's lab/test gear, try it. For real business use, plan some upgrades or shift to using async replication for a DR strategy.

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