SG0-001 · Question #495
A storage administrator has reclaimed several LUNs from an old server that was decommissioned. All LUNs were reclaimed from the same 8+1 RAID 5 group. Which of the following can the administrator do t
The correct answer is B. Defragment the group. Reclaiming LUNs from a RAID group can lead to fragmentation, impacting the performance of remaining LUNs by scattering their data.
Question
A storage administrator has reclaimed several LUNs from an old server that was decommissioned. All LUNs were reclaimed from the same 8+1 RAID 5 group. Which of the following can the administrator do to improve performance for the remaining LUNs?
Options
- AReinitialize the disk
- BDefragment the group
- CMove the group to another controller
- DRecreate the group
How the community answered
(52 responses)- A17% (9)
- B73% (38)
- C6% (3)
- D4% (2)
Why each option
Reclaiming LUNs from a RAID group can lead to fragmentation, impacting the performance of remaining LUNs by scattering their data.
Reinitializing a disk typically involves wiping its data and reformatting it, which would destroy the data on the remaining LUNs and is not a method to improve performance for existing data.
When LUNs are reclaimed, the underlying physical storage within the RAID 5 group can become fragmented, meaning the data for the remaining LUNs is scattered across non-contiguous blocks. Defragmenting the group reorganizes this data into contiguous blocks, which significantly improves I/O performance by reducing disk seek times and increasing the efficiency of read/write operations for the active LUNs.
Moving a RAID group to another controller might balance controller load, but it does not address the underlying physical data layout or fragmentation issues within the RAID group itself, so it wouldn't inherently improve performance for the remaining LUNs.
Recreating the RAID group would involve deleting all existing data, including the data on the remaining LUNs, and rebuilding the array, which is an unacceptable action for active LUNs and not a performance improvement strategy for existing data.
Concept tested: RAID group fragmentation and performance optimization
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