Hi , I have rocky 9.5 when I change lun id from storage array and rescan from host, I still see the old lun and respective drive. How do I refresh it with valid disk only.

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I have an HP 430063-001 SAS SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cable. When using this to attach to a SuperMicro 836TQ Backplane just the first lane on the SFF-8087 discovers the drive. Moving the same drive to the other slots results in it being not detected/no spin up. I’ve tried this is all 4 ports of an LSI 9201-16e across 4 different SFF-8088 to SFF-8087 cabling.

The cable is listed as a “4M SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 - Connects to HP StorageWorks 1U SAS Rack Mount Kit”. I know this is usually used for a SAS Tape Drive.

Could this cable only be carrying 1 lane thus the results?

Is there something I’m missing related to the 836TQ? I’ve checked and reseated everything.

I do have a CableCreations SFF-8088 cable on order.

Thoughts?

I need to set up some form of storage solution for remote staff to be able to copy over larger files from me easily. What would be the best solution for quickly sharing files like that. Would something like Filezilla be good, or is there a better method. While setting up something like a NAS could be good long-term, I would ideally need it to be something where the files can be automatically accessed by the remote user the second I plug in an external drive up. I want to avoid having to first copy files from the external drive to a drive actually accessible to the other person.

Just wondering what's people opinion is regarding getting Intel DC 4510 U.2 for desktops nowadays ? They have crazy write cycles. I can get 1TB one brand new (new old stock I think) for USD89; 2TB 139.

Thinking of using this and tinkering with PCIe Oculink adapter to hook this up and forget about it forever. LOL.

Also these oculink card with self bifurcation (my motherboard, Asus X99 WS does not have bios support for bifurcation) is cheaper than non-oculink.

We have an 'inconvenient' amount of Data - mostly CAD models or 3D Laser point cloud scans, but also engineering documents and calcs - currently stored on a 50~ TB windows file server, that users access over VPN. Data is currently in 1 org wide hierarchy and divided by clients/projects rather than region to align with the business needs.

We are forecasting that during the design life of our next hardware refresh, we will exceed the 64TB limit for VMDKs and not be able to get away with the 'ez mode' way of handling this (single VM, single Veeam License, VMware HA) and need to move to a different platform. We can see the cost-cliff coming up, but to management it is not immediately obvious why after this 'magic' number costs may increase.

The most 'obvious' path forwards feels to moving into the enterprise NAS space (Hitachi HCP, NetApp, Ilision etc) + unstructured data backup tool, but

a) This is moderate cost increase /Tb vs basic FC SANs and

b) We will still be plagued with 'SMB over VPN' issues such with performance or Explorers instability when network drives are mounted over a lackluster VPN connection.

Sharepoint is a typical contender for 'file sever alternative', but the price per GB/month for multiple Terabytes adds up fast- and is not necessarily a great tool for AEC data. For the price of Azure files we could just about buy a near array every 3-6 months even with reservation.

The Global File System Players are a natural draw (Panzura, Nasuni, Cetera) - of these Panzura is the only one that seemingly has the locking tech down pat - but seems to still require high performance filers/caches and still uses SMB between the user and the nearest filer (so the current SMB/VPN issue doesn't go away).

I know that unstructured data gets expensive when it gets BIG, but are there any good mid-tier options somewhere between 'Legacy' SMB share + VPN and 'spend the equivalent of a small 3 tier virtual environment every year on cloud services or product licenses'?

Preference is also for on prem solutions - since we are ~ 3,000km from the nearest of the big 3 public cloud vendors presence, so not a great spot for anything latency sensitive.

Anyone have a good starting point to check why a secondary SAN isn't taking over when the Primary is turned off? Management is through Dell Unisphere.

A company I am working with said that a few years ago they accidentally purchased an extra Unity 300 EMC and it has just been sitting in the box for years because they had no use for it. Does anyone know if it is capable of being set up as a simple disk shelf expansion with their existing unity just by connecting it with SAS cables or is the only way they can add the additional storage to set it up in standalone mode?

so i added this Seagate 2TB to my storage pool with the Samsung ssd 1TB. it doesn't show up in file explorer is it just a part of my Z drive now?? or did i not to it properly. it also started optimizing by its self transferring the files to the new drive but i cannot see the file locations. i have already formatted it.

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TLDR: I was asked to create a 15-minute practical demo/presentation about SAN/NAS enterprise storage. I need help coming up with something interesting for the general (upper/middle management type) public.

For the demo, I can use a few storage arrays with HDD disks (Old Dell StorageCenter/PowerVault/NetApps). (Really fun NVMe storage is under heavy load in production usage, so I will not touch it). I can also have Linux/ESX/Windows servers.

Does anybody have any ideas on what to show before the audience goes to sleep?

Dear All,

I’m looking to refresh my storage knowledge after a decade of focusing on virtualization and HCI. With customers shifting back to external storage, I’d appreciate guidance from anyone experienced in comparing and architecting solutions across vendors like Pure, Dell, HPE, NetApp, and IBM.

Your insights would be invaluable in helping me get back up to speed.

Thanks in advance!

I was paying for the 2tb option of Google photos storage but I decided to cancel today and it brought me to 15gb so I have till the 21st of December to bring it down to 15gb or everything I have on there will be deleted. I know stupid question but how would I be able to do that it's mostly movies I've downloaded from links so how would be the easiest way of transferring them? Buy a 2tb harddrive and just download them on there? Thanks.

Hello everyone

We have shortlisted Pure and Powerstore to replace our aging scv3020 Compellent arrays.

Powerstore 500T vs either an X or C series from pure. I’ve sat through a month of sales and SE calls, read white paper and watched numerous training videos. I think I want to go to pure but wanted to see what the community thinks. Would anyone who owns one of these be so kind as to share your experience please? I want to see what the real world says vs the sales and marketing jargon.

Are you getting 4:1 or more dedupe? Great IOPS? Issues with support or upgrades? Integration into vSphere 8.x ?

Thank you

Hi,

I am seeking guidance on the following:

We plan to use HPE Alletra MP for Block and set up a 3-Site Disaster Recovery (DR) architecture with the following replication setup:

1. Site A to Site B and Site C
2. Site B to Site C
3. Site C to Sites A and B

Our NDR (Near DR) is Site B, located approximately 100 km from Site A. Site C is in a geographically remote location, potentially in another country or in the cloud.

Could you please clarify:

1. Can this setup be achieved with HPE Alletra MP?
2. What are the best practices for implementing such a 3-Site DR architecture?
3. Can L2 or L3 connectivity be used for replication between Site A and Site B?
4. Is an FCIP router required for this setup?
5. Are there any reference architectures or similar use cases recently implemented?

Additionally, Site B and Site C will host a minimal number of systems. Any reference points or insights on HPE Peer Motion for this architecture would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

I’ve got a couple ME4024 SANs which we’ve had for a couple years and are directly connected to 4 node clusters of ESXi hosts. Lately I’m replacing a SFP on the SAN weekly after doing all the tests to confirm the issue is on the SFP on the SAN. The SFPs that came with the SANs are FTLF8529P4BCV-D2.

The issue typically starts with a drop here and there, some CRC errors, then bam! The path is down and no amount of port resets or reseating gets it back up.

Anyone know if this is a known problem with these SFPs? I have dozens of other HP and Pure SANs in the environment and hardware issues are very very rare.

Hi, I have bought hp 2062 after I power it on yesterday, it turns on but power indicator is orange, is it normal or one of the powers is faulty?

I never took data storage seriously. Just bought additional external hdds when needed.

After 15 year some data is corrupt.

I need some help with:

1. How do you check for data integrity? Can you check by folder?
2. Does turning on the hdd and letting it run while connected to windows do anything to it?
3. At what time should I consider a hdd as not reliable anymore?
4. What can I do about data integrity.
5. Is it better to print out the fotos long term less than 50years?

Can anyone advise on any reputable sources to buy new 3.5 inch harddrives online within Europe please? Physical stores don't seem to have stock, and online stores just appear to all be marketplaces these days.

I've tried a few online marketplaces, Amazon among them, and so far I'm not filled with confidence by either the packaging, or even the integrity of the product itself. However, I just received a new drive which I ordered through Amazon, listed as new. It came very well packaged (good start) and the outer barcode seal states the condition as 'New' (as expected), however, the actual drive is labeld as 'Recertified'. I understand a recertified drive carries a guarantee, but considering I purchased a product stated as 'New' this is not what I expected to receive.

I've managed to return most of these, but buying hard drives feels a little like a lottery. Where can I buy drives with confidence?

Thanks

Hello,

We have a Hybrid Unity 380 DPE and a few varieties of DAE's for a total of 400TB usable with 20% Flash. Our main workload is Linux with large data sets up to 50TB each data set. Our old storage system, we had several exports due to the limitation of size per exports. I wanted to get some ideas as far as best way to configure the pools or is using one pool viable?

Second, I reviewed the Dell configuration guides on how to connect the DAE's but, its DAE1 and DAE2 to DPE. When I have 4 total DAE's, how do the DAE's connect to one another?

This is what I have:

First Expansion:

• DPE LCCA,1 - DAE1 LCCA,A
• DPE LCCB,1 - DAE1 LCCB,A

Second Expansion:

• DPE LCAA,0 - DAE2 LCCA,A
• DPE LCCB,0 - DAE2 LCCB,A

Third Expansion:

• DAE2 LCCA,B - DAE3 LCCA,B
• DAE2 LCCB,B - DAE3 LCCB,B

Forth Expansion:

• DAE3 LCCA,A - DAE4 LCCA,A
• DAE3 LCCB,A - DAE4 LCCB,B

Thank you in advance.

Need some advice! I'm currently considering buying a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Quad 12TB (3TB x 4). I can get it for around £150 which is really tempting given the capacity. I'm struggling to find much first hand experiences on them however. Really all I need is to have a decent amount of redundant network attached storage, with web access being a bonus (which these seem to support). Can anyone give any first hand experiences here? Preferably experience with newer Macs? I've looked at used Synology, QNAP & WD hardware but the prices seem kind of steep for the hardware when most of what I care about is just as raw capacity over bells and whistles. Is there another solution I should be considering here or will this work for me?

I was testing PetaSAN and added 10 disks of 250GB, with 2 designated for journal. Now, I need to remove one of the journal disks and repurpose it for storage, but I can't find any option for this in the UI. Does anyone know how to do this?

Hi! Should I return a new Intel 4510 ssd to the seller if it get's an AF and EB smart errors ( count 1 and RAW 17183541819) by the first start or it is a non critical situation?