Purpose of This Manual
This manual describes the Optimization Function, an optional product for ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser (hereafter abbreviated as "Storage Cruiser").
To use the one layer Tier pool function of the Automated Storage Tiering, both the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Optimization Option license and the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Quality of Service Management Option license are not required. Refer to "Automated Storage Tiering Management" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for details.
Intended Readers
This manual is intended for system administrator and operators using the Optimization Function. Also, this is used for managing storage system.
Structure of This Manual
The structure of this manual is as follows.
This chapter describes an operating environment and concerns of the Optimization function.
This chapter describes the necessary design-related matters that must be addressed before setting up the Automated Storage Tiering function.
This chapter describes the setup of the Automated Storage Tiering function.
This chapter describes the operation of the Automated Storage Tiering function.
This chapter describes the necessary design-related matters that must be addressed before setting up the Automated Quality of Service function.
This chapter describes the setup of the Automated Quality of Service function.
This chapter describes the operation of the Automated Quality of Service function.
This chapter describes the operation of the Optimization function.
This chapter describes the commands used by the Optimization function.
Conventions
"FUJITSU Storage" and "Fujitsu Storage" are omitted from the names of the products and manuals.
This manual abides by the conventions listed in "Conventions" in the ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Documentation Road Map.
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All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Revision History
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Notes
No part of this manual may be reproduced without permission.
This manual is subject to change without advance notice.
Copyright Notice
Copyright 2013-2024 Fujitsu Limited
Content of Update | Updated Section | Revision |
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The "FUJITSU Storage" part of the product name has been changed to "Fujitsu Storage". | Cover page | 12 |
Information related to the following devices has been added.
Information related to the following device has been deleted.
| General | |
The description related to the firmware versions of storage devices has been modified. | 1.1 | |
NVMe SSD and NVMe SSD SED have been added for the disk type. | 1.1, 4.3 | |
NVMe SSD has been added for the disk type. | 2.2 | |
The version information has been changed to V16.9A. | Cover page | 11 |
The annotation *8 has been added. | 1.1 | 10.2 |
Unnecessary description has been deleted. | 3.8 | 10.1 |
The function overview article has been deleted from this manual because it was moved to the Overview. | Chapter 1 | 10 |
A new section has been added. | 1.2 | |
Part of the content described in section 1.1.1 of the previous version has been moved. | Chapter 2 | |
[See] has been added. | Chapter 2 and 5 | 9.1 |
Information related to the following devices has been added.
Information related to the following software has been deleted.
| General | 9 |
The description for Conventions has been changed so that the ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Documentation Road Map is referenced. | "Conventions" in Preface | |
The "Manual Organization and Reading Suggestions" section has been deleted from Preface. | Preface | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface | 8.1 |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX8900 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 3.5.1, 3.6 | 8 |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | 7 |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250 S2/AF650 S2 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 1.2, 2.2, 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.7, 3.8 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2016 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface | 6 |
Information related to Windows Vista has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 has been deleted and information related to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX60 S4/DX100 S4/DX200 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 1.2, 2.2, 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.7, 3.8 | |
The firmware version described in "*1" has been modified. | 1.2 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF series has been added. | 1.2, 2.2, 3.6 - 3.8 | |
In [Point], the explanation has been modified or added. | 2.1, 3.5.1 | |
The explanation has been added in Minimum Required Capacity. | 3.5.1, 3.5.6 | |
In [Note], the explanation has been modified. | 3.6 | |
The condition required for starting the synchronization process of the access status data has been added. | 3.9.2 | |
The description has been modified so that Microsoft Windows Server 2016 is listed. | 8.5 | |
The explanation for the "NO SYNC(CHUNK SIZE UNMATCH)" that is output in the SYNC STATUS column has been added. | 9.1.7 | |
Information related to HP-UX 11i v1/v2 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | 5 |
Information related to VMware vSphere 4 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX80/DX90 and the ETERNUS LT60 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250/AF650 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 1.2, 3.6.1 | |
The explanation about the usage of Tier pools that can evaluate the access status data at the same time has been added. | 1.1.1 | |
[Point] has been added. | 2.1, 3.5.6 | |
[Note] has been added. | 2.1 | |
In [Point], the explanation related to the RAID group deletion function has been added. | 3.5.3 - 3.5.5 | |
In [Note], information has been modified or added. | 3.8, 4.8 | |
The following displayed items have been added:
| 4.3 | |
"PB" (petabytes) has been added as the display unit of capacity. | 4.3 | |
The explanation related to the RAID group deletion function has been added. | 4.10 | |
A note has been added in "NOTES". | 9.1.2, 9.1.5, 9.1.13 | |
[Information] has been added. | 3.10, 4.2 | 4.2 |
Description of change in reserved area required for access status data evaluation/relocation has been added. In addition, unnecessary description has been deleted. | 2.2, 3.8, 4.10.1 | 4.1 |
The strings that express the encryption status of Tier pool and volume have been modified. | 4.3 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | 4 |
Information related to Windows 10 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Disk types that are newly supported have been added. | 1.2, 2.2, 4.2 | |
The explanation in the tables has been modified. | 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 3.5.4, 3.5.6, 3.6.1, 9.1.8 | |
The Point has been modified. | 3.5.3 | |
Information about the access status chart has been added. | 3.10, 4.1 | |
A note has been added. | 4.1 | |
Information related to relocation has been added. | 4.2 | |
The explanation of the capacity management has been modified. | 4.6 | |
A troubleshooting section has been added. | 4.10, 7.4 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 1.2, 3.6.1, 3.7 | 3.2 |
The description of the total number of used capacity of Tier pools that can be managed/evaluated by Automated Storage Tiering has been added. | 1.1.1, 3.8 | |
The description of "Setting of Tier Pool" has been modified. | 3.5 | |
The term "VMware Virtual Volumes" has been changed to "VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes" according to the terms used by VMware, Inc. | Throughout this manual | 3.1 |
Information related to VMware vSphere 6 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F has been modified. | "Others" in Preface, 1.2, 3.5, 3.6.1 | 3 |
Supported volumes for the Automated QoS function have been added. | 1.1.2, Chapter 5 - Chapter 6, 9.2.3, 9.2.4 | |
Operating conditions for Automated Storage Tiering have been modified. | 1.2, 3.3 | |
The description for Automated Storage Tiering has been modified. | 2.1, 2.2, 3.4.1, 3.6, 3.8, 4.6 | |
The description of the functions for the ETERNUS DX S3 series and ETERNUS DX200F has been added. | 2.2, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 4.2 | |
The description of the Tiering policy's "Evaluation Period" that was set during the Automated Storage Tiering setup has been modified. | 3.4.1 | |
The description of the Tier pool balancing function has been added. | 3.5.6, 3.6.2, 4.2, 4.7, 9.1.2 | |
The description of the "Warning Threshold of Pool" item that was specified when creating the Tier pool has been modified. | 3.5.1 | |
Notes for Virtual Volumes have been added. | 3.5.5, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 9.1.13 | |
The description of the Automated QoS function has been changed as follows:
| 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 5.4, 7.1.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3 | |
The description for the configuration and operation of the Storage Cluster function has been added. | 3.9, 4.8, 9.1.6 - 9.1.7 | |
Priority has been specified for Automated QoS function to add the function of performance tuning. | 1.1.2, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 4.2, Chapter 5 - 7 | 2 |
Evaluation period and Evaluation Day as intra-volume data movement basis by Automated Storage Tiering have been added. | 2.1, 3.4, 4.1 | |
The description of Tier pool capacity management has been added. | 4.6 | |
The description of confirming whether ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Optimization Option is started has been transferred from Chapter 9. | 8.5 | |
The description of the operation to reflect the output of Automated Storage Tiering command to the Web Console has been added. | 9.1 | |
Newly supported command references have been listed. | 9.1.2 - 9.1.9, 9.2.1 - 9.2.5 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F has been added. | "Others" in Preface | 1.1 |
