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170 SAN Volume Controller: Best Practices and Performance Guidelines 10.1 Configuration recommendations There are some basic configuration recommendations when using the SVC to manage storage connected to any host. The considerations include how many paths through the fabric are allocated to the host, how many host ports to use, how to spread the hosts across I/ O Groups, logical unit number ( LUN) mapping, and the correct size of virtual disks ( VDisks) to use. 10.1.1 The number of paths From general experience, we have determined that it is best to limit the total number of paths from any host to the SVC. We recommend that you limit the total number of paths that the multipathing software on each ...

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