2.5. Fibre Channel Storage Devices

Table 2-3 shows requirements for Fibre Channel devices that are to be connected to a GFS cluster.

RequirementDescription
Device Type

FC RAID array or JBOD
Note: Make sure that the devices can operate reliably when heavily accessed simultaneously from multiple initiators.
Note: Make sure that your GFS configuration does not exceed the number of nodes an array or JBOD supports.

Size8 TB maximum supported per GFS file systen.

Table 2-3. Fibre Channel Storage Device Requirements