Fault stimulus
Server path failure
Storage path failure
Mac OS
Fault stimulus
Server failure (host power-cycled)
Switch failure
Controller failure
Controller restart
Server path failure
Storage path failure
Failure effect
Short: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. HBA driver must be reloaded
before failed drives can be recovered, fsck should be run on any failed
drives before remounting.
Short: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. HBA driver must be reloaded
before failed drives can be recovered, fsck should be run on any failed
drives before remounting.
Failure effect
OS reboots. Both HFS and StorNext replay journal on filesystem. Disk
auto mounted by OS.
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O halts with I/O errors.
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O fails over to alternate storage controller if visible (by
zoning). Otherwise, I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss.
Can require a server reboot for full recovery.
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O fails over to alternate storage controller if visible (by
zoning). Otherwise, I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss.
Can require a server reboot for full recovery.
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss.
Can require a server reboot for full recovery.
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O fails over to alternate storage controller if available.
Otherwise, I/O halts with I/O errors.
Can require a server reboot for full recovery.
Failure scenarios
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