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Hello,
I realize if I run Powerpath or Powerpath/VE unlicensed I do not get load balancing. Is there anything else I sacrifice installing without a license? I have a small QA subsystem that doesn't really need load balancing, just fail over.
Thanks.
Zhang_Jiawen
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Posted September 3rd, 2014 19:00
Basic failover allows you conenct two storage ports to one HBA. If there is a failover on the array then the I/O will be redirected the the redundant storage port. There is no load balancing. If you have a second HBA zoned to storage ports they will be marked as unlicensed and not used when using basic failover.
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Posted September 3rd, 2014 12:00
Daniel,
Unlicensed PowerPath runs under the "basicFailover" policy. Because this policy only allows for failover between two paths on a single HBA, you do lose the ability to load balance, and to failover beyond two paths.