Hi All ;

2 TB limit on the 6000 series will be removed when we release CAM 6,1 and
cyrstall firmware. I cant give an actual date at the moment but it's pretty
close. 

The same will happen for 2500 series but it will take some more time. 

Mertol



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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Lubel
Sent: 20 Mayıs 2008 Salı 00:30
To: Torrey McMahon; Bob Friesenhahn
Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org; Kenny
Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Sun Disk arrays - Opinions?

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
 
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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.
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