Mac os – HP EVA P6000 Storage User Manual

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Failure effect

Fault stimulus

Short: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. HBA driver must be reloaded
before failed drives can be recovered, fsck should be run on any failed
drives before remounting.

Server path failure

Short: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. HBA driver must be reloaded
before failed drives can be recovered, fsck should be run on any failed
drives before remounting.

Storage path failure

Mac OS

Failure effect

Fault stimulus

OS reboots. Both HFS and StorNext replay journal on filesystem. Disk
auto mounted by OS.

Server failure (host power-cycled)

Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O halts with I/O errors.

Switch failure

Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O fails over to alternate storage controller if visible (by
zoning). Otherwise, I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss.

Controller failure

Can require a server reboot for full recovery.

Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O fails over to alternate storage controller if visible (by
zoning). Otherwise, I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss.

Controller restart

Can require a server reboot for full recovery.

Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss.

Server path failure

Can require a server reboot for full recovery.

Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O fails over to alternate storage controller if available.
Otherwise, I/O halts with I/O errors.

Storage path failure

Can require a server reboot for full recovery.

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