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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 15, 2020

EasyTier Tier priority

Depending on the configuration or status of the pool, EasyTier might place initial data on a lower. This can result in poor performance as new data is added to a system.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Dec 9, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - IBM Spectrum Virtualize / SAN Volume Controller
    Component - Product functionality
    Operating system - Other
    Source - Storage Technical Client Council (TCC)

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Storage TCC - Private Requests
    Component - Other
    Operating system - Other
    Source - Storage Technical Client Council

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EasyTier migration operation behaviour

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During migration from a pool with large number of NearLine drives to a pool with fewer NearLine and SAS, the pool went offline as the migration only targeted migration into the Nearline. Would make more sense to have the migration into new pools t...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration