Blades and external storage: Set up a fault-tolerant environment

Posted by suvi under Hardware

To build a highly available Linux® server environment with IBM® blades, first you need to set up a fault-tolerant environment between the blade and any external storage. This enables you to deliver redundancy and enable multipathing. In this article, learn how to integrate an x86-based IBM BladeCenter® server and external IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System (DS3200) SAS storage, as a critical prerequisite for a reliable Linux/blade server environment. Some Linux Volume Manager “hot-add” features designed to meet the increasing demand on storage systems are covered as well.

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