Service plans and read requests

When creating service plans, you should keep in mind how HCP handles read requests.

In response to a read request, HCP tries to retrieve the data for an object from these sources, in the order specified below:

  1. Primary running storage
  2. S Series storage
  3. Primary spindown storage
  4. NFS storage
  5. Cloud storage
  6. Primary storage on a remote system to which the object has been replicated

In response to a read request, HCP tries to retrieve the metadata for an object from these sources, in the order specified below:

  1. Primary running storage
  2. Primary spindown storage
  3. Primary running storage on a remote system to which the object has been replicated