Comments on: My NetApp FAS2020 Makes Me Want To Cry http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/ qstat -u aleonard -s z Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Guy from Netapp http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-976 A Guy from Netapp Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:43:31 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/#comment-976 Stumbled on this blog on an entirely unrelated search. Anyway, just a side heads up, 2 years after the fact: Newer versions of Data Ontap (7.3.x) no longer count parity drives in with data when calculating max aggr size (which yeah was kinda silly). So that's a reprieve. Also, since we hand out deduplication licenses like Halloween candy, that might help get you back some space as well. Two years late, but good luck! Stumbled on this blog on an entirely unrelated search.

Anyway, just a side heads up, 2 years after the fact: Newer versions of Data Ontap (7.3.x) no longer count parity drives in with data when calculating max aggr size (which yeah was kinda silly). So that’s a reprieve. Also, since we hand out deduplication licenses like Halloween candy, that might help get you back some space as well.

Two years late, but good luck!

]]> By: mubeen ghori http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-202 mubeen ghori Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:41:10 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/#comment-202 can yu please help me to configure the netapp fas 2020 configuration detail, becuase i am new this products. can yu please help me to configure the netapp fas 2020 configuration detail, becuase i am new this products.

]]> By: Mike Grice http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Mike Grice Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:34:08 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/#comment-171 That generally won't work. NetApp restrict the disks you can use in a filer via Disk Qualification (ie only NetApp approved devices) for a couple of reasons, the less cynical of them being they have NetApp firmware on there which contains voodoo, tuning, and things like snaplock compliance implementation. You can try putting in unqualified disks, but the filer will reject the disks either immediately or after 24 hours (i can't remember but it all boils down to /etc/qual_devices which will explode the filer if you change it). Also it will likely invalidate your service contract, yada yada. NetApp support is very closely tied in with your purchase, its one of the things I wish they'd seperate (and as a result get a lot more of the lower end of the market I think) M That generally won’t work. NetApp restrict the disks you can use in a filer via Disk Qualification (ie only NetApp approved devices) for a couple of reasons, the less cynical of them being they have NetApp firmware on there which contains voodoo, tuning, and things like snaplock compliance implementation.

You can try putting in unqualified disks, but the filer will reject the disks either immediately or after 24 hours (i can’t remember but it all boils down to /etc/qual_devices which will explode the filer if you change it).

Also it will likely invalidate your service contract, yada yada. NetApp support is very closely tied in with your purchase, its one of the things I wish they’d seperate (and as a result get a lot more of the lower end of the market I think)

M

]]> By: Andy Harper http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Andy Harper Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:29:29 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/#comment-141 Is it possible to buy alternative SAS drives (ie cheaper) for FAS2020 and if so can you mix them ? Is it possible to buy alternative SAS drives (ie cheaper) for FAS2020 and if so can you mix them ?

]]> By: Andy http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Andy Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:03:48 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/#comment-7 Alex, much appreciated. I'll contact you from my business email address shortly. Either we missed the specs on the link you sent, or they changed during the sales process (the filer did arrive with a version of ONTAP prior to 7.2.4L1). (Now would be a good time to remind the readers of this blog - such as my boss - that the opinions here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.) Andy Alex, much appreciated. I’ll contact you from my business email address shortly. Either we missed the specs on the link you sent, or they changed during the sales process (the filer did arrive with a version of ONTAP prior to 7.2.4L1).

(Now would be a good time to remind the readers of this blog – such as my boss – that the opinions here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.)

Andy

]]> By: Alex McDonald http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Alex McDonald Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:33:52 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/2008/02/07/my-netapp-fas2020-makes-me-want-to-cry/#comment-6 Andy I was alerted today to your latest blog entry by a colleague of mine. I want to reassure you that NetApp values your custom, and that we care about the issues you're facing. As such, I would ask you to send me an email with a direct dial phone # so that we can make contact and start the process of getting these issues resolved. To make it clear to other readers of your blog, the technical specifications do state the 8TB aggregate limit. The full specs are here; http://www.netapp.com/products/storage-systems/enterprise-storage/fas2000/fas2000-tech-specs.html I look forward to hearing from you. Alex McDonald, NetApp Andy

I was alerted today to your latest blog entry by a colleague of mine. I want to reassure you that NetApp values your custom, and that we care about the issues you’re facing. As such, I would ask you to send me an email with a direct dial phone # so that we can make contact and start the process of getting these issues resolved.

To make it clear to other readers of your blog, the technical specifications do state the 8TB aggregate limit. The full specs are here;

http://www.netapp.com/products/storage-systems/enterprise-storage/fas2000/fas2000-tech-specs.html

I look forward to hearing from you.

Alex McDonald, NetApp

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