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RN104 Keeps crashing/hanging
Hi I recently bought a RN104 to use as an iSCSI target for a small 2 node VMWare cluster hosting 5 vms. Each host has 2 separate gigabit nics with jumbo frames enabled to give dual path access to ...
The VM's in question are not heavily used so don't put much load on the nas storage in terms of IO's. This is set up for a charity on a tight budget hence the reason for choosing the RN104 which is VMWare certified after all. Performance is fine when all is running as it should and the guests respond very quickly. So I don't think this is a performance issue.
We are using both NICs on the RN, but not in a teamed mode. The ESXi cluster is setup to use both storage nics on the hosts and the RN as multipathed LUNS which is the VMWare best practice way of setting it up.
Backups are performed via Veeam to a separate server and then transferred offsite for security. Only one guest is backed up at once so as to not cause any performance issues.
Continuous protection is disabled as is everything else except iscsi
As for the logs, I cleared them down a couple of weeks ago following one of the crashes as there was nothing obvious in there. The RN crashed again last night and this is the sum total of the logs. Just to clarify, when the RN crashes, the web interface is unavailable so the only way to recover is a power cycle.
Wed Jul 30 2014 20:17:47
System: ReadyNASOS background service started.
Wed Jul 30 2014 20:17:41
System: ReadyNASOS service or process was restarted
The UPS cannot be connected via USB as it only has a serial port and is also used to shutdown the VMWare hosts via the NMC2. SNMP is enable on the card, but the RN just doesn't want to know.
We are using both NICs on the RN, but not in a teamed mode. The ESXi cluster is setup to use both storage nics on the hosts and the RN as multipathed LUNS which is the VMWare best practice way of setting it up.
Backups are performed via Veeam to a separate server and then transferred offsite for security. Only one guest is backed up at once so as to not cause any performance issues.
Continuous protection is disabled as is everything else except iscsi
As for the logs, I cleared them down a couple of weeks ago following one of the crashes as there was nothing obvious in there. The RN crashed again last night and this is the sum total of the logs. Just to clarify, when the RN crashes, the web interface is unavailable so the only way to recover is a power cycle.
Wed Jul 30 2014 20:17:47
System: ReadyNASOS background service started.
Wed Jul 30 2014 20:17:41
System: ReadyNASOS service or process was restarted
The UPS cannot be connected via USB as it only has a serial port and is also used to shutdown the VMWare hosts via the NMC2. SNMP is enable on the card, but the RN just doesn't want to know.
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