Is MPIO supported with the SolidFire storage backend Driver for OpenStack
Applies to
- Element Software
- OpenStack
- SolidFire
Answer
- The final version release of the SolidFire OpenStack backend driver does support MPIO
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Multiple iSCSI paths per volume are not supported
Additional Information
- MPIO for the SolidFire backend driver was left unfinished when the development work on the SolidFire OpenStack backend driver ceased
- The latest release of the driver enables Linux MPIO software usage, limited to a single ISCSI path per volume
- Testing demonstrated the desired performance by adding extra network paths instead of relying on multiple ISCSI paths per volume