Xsan and FC-DAS on same host

dgf · Knows DNS is the answer Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 37

Good Day,

Has anyone attempted to attach an XserveRAID (HFS+) to an Xsan client (via a second HBA)? I just tried today on a dual 1GHz G4 with 1.25 GB RAM, and while the host can browse the SAN filesystem, it cannot read known good files on the SAN. When writing a text file to the SAN, the result is jibberish. This is the case for Finder drag and drop, and cvcp.

Remove the FC-DAS from the second HBA and all is well.

OS X 10.4.2
Xsan 1.1

-dgf

dgf · Knows DNS is the answer Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 37

Some more info. It's just small files, and only with Finder. Large
video (16GB .mov's) copy just fine via Finder, and little ones are
indeed okay to copy with cvcp. But when the filesystem becomes unstable
with a 'little files Finder copy', the client needs a reboot to be able
to read the SAN again.

-dgf