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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS
Data Protection Strategy
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Battery back up: see "Write Cache policy considerations" section above.
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Global hot spare
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Dedicated hot spare
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Consistency checks
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back up unit (see Table 5-2), there is a risk of data loss if system power
is lost while unwritten information is still in the cache.
Write Through
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In write-through caching, a data transfer is completed when the disk
subsystem receives all of the data from the host. There is no risk of data
loss in a power-loss scenario (as in write back), but it is slower, since the
controller must wait for the hard drive to return a good status on the write
to the controller before proceeding to the next operation.
If the PERC controller has a battery backup unit (see Table 5-2) or if a
host system is powered by an alternate power source (e.g. UPS etc), the
controller's cache retains data during a power loss. Thus PERCs with
battery back-up not only provide the performance benefit of write-back
caching but also help ensure integrity of data during system power loss.
For data retention time please refer to Table 5-2.
A global hot spare can be used for any array that is on the same
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controller as the hot spare.
More cost-effective than dedicated hot spares, but does not protect
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multiple arrays as completely as dedicated hot spares.
A global hot spare is selected randomly and may be in a different
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enclosure than the failed drive it is replacing. Can impact performance if
rebuilt array spans enclosures/channels.
A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more arrays.
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Dedicated hot spares that reside in the same storage enclosure typically
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have better performance than global hot spares.
Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data.
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Consistency checks verify the correctness of redundant data in an array.
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As during a rebuild, array performance will be degraded while check is
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running.
Some PERC controllers allow pausing of consistency check and resume
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it later or to resume the consistency check after the system reboots.
Recommended as part of regular system maintenance for critical data.
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VER A02
11/17/2005