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From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
To: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Cc: device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libmultipath: update 3PARdata builtin config
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:25:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e1f2c3d3-77d1-bb86-c212-b65719815065@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170629145731.GR2940@octiron.msp.redhat.com>

On 06/29/2017 04:57 PM, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:

>>> +		.fast_io_fail  = 10,
>>> +		.dev_loss      = MAX_DEV_LOSS_TMO,

> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 07:48:38PM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
>
>> It would be nice to have more information.
>> Why and when is this needed?
> 
> I assume the change to dev_loss_tmo is simply a preference issue. Like
> Netapp, they don't want their devices to get auto-removed when they go
> down. I also assume that in their internal testing, they hit cases where
> 5 seconds wasn't enough time to wait for some transient issue with the
> array to resolve.  At any rate, I'm simply passing along their request,
> which seems like a perfectly reasonable one to me.

Those arguments should come from the vendor.

"dev_loss_tmo 14" is recommended(???) in latest 3PAR docs (Jun 2017):

- HPE 3PAR SUSE Linux Enterprise Implementation Guide (Wed 14 Jun 2017 11:48:14 PM CEST)
   http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=c02663748

- HPE 3PAR Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Linux Implementation Guide (Wed 14 Jun 2017 12:10:06 AM CEST)
   http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=c04448818

  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-13 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-26 19:03 [PATCH] libmultipath: update 3PARdata builtin config Benjamin Marzinski
2017-06-28 17:48 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2017-06-29 14:57   ` Benjamin Marzinski
2017-07-13 18:25     ` Xose Vazquez Perez [this message]
2017-07-28 22:37       ` Benjamin Marzinski
2017-07-31 11:37         ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2017-08-05  6:36 ` Christophe Varoqui
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-08-05 11:23 Xose Vazquez Perez
2017-08-05 11:54 ` Christophe Varoqui

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