Determining Whether Your Data Service Requires HAStoragePlus

The following types of data services require HAStoragePlus:

• Data services with nodes that are not directly connected to storage

• Data services that are disk intensive

Data Services With Nodes That Are Not Directly Connected to Storage

Some nodes in the node list of a data service's resource group might not be directly connected to the storage. In this situation, you must coordinate the boot order between the storage and the data service. To meet this requirement, configure the resource group as follows:

• Configure HAStoragePlus resources in the resource group.

• Set the dependency of the other data service resources to the HAStoragePlus resource.

Data Services That Are Disk Intensive

Some data services, such as Sun Cluster HA for Oracle and Sun Cluster HA for NFS are disk intensive. If your data service is disk intensive, ensure that the resource groups and device groups are collocated on the same node. To meet this requirement, perform the following tasks.

• Adding an HAStoragePlus resource to your data service resource group

• Switching the HAStoragePlus resource online

• Setting the dependency of your data service resources to the HAStoragePlus resource

• Setting AffinityOn to True

The failback settings must be identical for both the resource group and device groups.

Some data services are not disk intensive. For example, Sun Cluster HA for DNS, which reads all of its files at startup, is not disk intensive. If your data service is not disk intensive, configuring the HAStoragePlus resource type is optional.