I've done a hot _add_ to a loop without downtime. A shelf _swap_ is not as easy and unless you were REALLY fast on your fingers would require downtime.
-rd On Jun 15, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Adam Levin wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Ryan Dorman wrote: >> Guilty as charged. >> >> You're right, swapping trays is no fun... and it a part that doesn't >> just work. I suppose my comment should have been "once its up and >> running, i generally dont have to mess with it" >> >> Certainly not taken to be argumentative.. i'd hate to get a nasty email >> from someone who bought a NetApp and then cursed that idiot from >> Lopsa-tech who said it was perfect :) > > Oh, come on, this is the *Internet* -- nobody curses people out on here! > :) > > Seriously, there are a lot of things about NetApp that "just work", and I > think in general there's a longer list of "just works" for them than for > many other vendors. > > I think there are ways that shelves could be upgraded non-disruptively, > but it's certainly not as easy as plugging new ones in and unplugging old > ones. > > However, I'm not sure there are a lot of cases for doing that. The shelf > shouldn't "run out of warranty" before the system -- it's sold as a whole > unit, and unless you're changing the connectivity in the ESH modules (for > example), the *shelf* wouldn't need to be changed out anyway. I don't > think NetApp has approved hot-adding shelves to a loop yet, which is a > shame. It does work, but last I saw (a couple of years ago) it was > unsupported. > > -Adam > This email and any attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information of Blackboard that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, re-distribution or other use of any of this information is strictly prohibited. Please immediately notify the sender and delete this transmission if you received this email in error. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
