Some new hardware arrived, which gave me a chance to experiment with EqualLogic configuration settings I wish I’d known about years earlier. The best part: watching the group automatically spread volumes across arrays.
Two Members, Different RAID, One Pool
Here I have two members, ONR1 and ONR2, each using a different RAID type:
Both are in the same storage pool:
And these are the volumes set up on that pool:
Automatic Load Balancing
After a while, the volumes redistribute themselves across both arrays, with no manual work required:
Pretty sweet, right? It’s one of the reasons I recommend EqualLogic. See my EqualLogic review.