Storage RAID configuration
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How to make two hosts access the same storage box?
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Setting up two HOSTs to access the DAS box.
Please follow the following steps.
Make two volumes on the DAS box.
Assign the volume 1 to be seen by Ch0 ( host A) and Voulme 2 to be seen by Ch1 (host B).
Then mount on respective hosts.
FAQ
Question: If I connect a HOST B to SCSI B would I be able to access/mount the same volume at the same time while Host A is accessing it.
Answers: No, you can not. Unless you put a CFS(cluster-file-system) software on the Host-A computer and the Host-B computer. OS in general will prevent you from doing that, you most likely will get an error message like: file sharing violation. the CFS installed on each computers will do the file-lock/unlock arbitration by themselves.
Tiger Technology is such a CFS company, they have a sales office in Canada.
Question: If nothing is on HOST B do I need to terminate it.
Answers: no, you do not have to.
Question: If HOST B cannot access the same volume at the same time as HOST A is accessing it, Can I make two volumes on the RAID box and have one volume access by HOST A and other by HOST B at the same time.
Answers: Yes. when you create the volume, you can assign the volume to be seen by Ch0( host A) or Ch1 (host B), or Ch0 & 1 for Clustering (Clustering or using CFS)
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