Re: AS/400 UPGRADE -- MIDRANGE-L

At 12:39 PM 7/17/00 -0400, you wrote:

Your configuration does show that you have raid-5 protection, with the load 
source mirrored.  (The model 4xx and 5xx hardware did not support parity 
protection of the load source, so it had to be mirrored.)

BTW, someone pointed out that you can see your protection from WRKDSKSTS 
using F11, which was new news to me.

Al


>Guys, I am on a 510-2143 system and currently about 42Gig (see below), this
>is only a DASD, MEMORY and OS400 upgrade.  I think I have RAID dasd system
>from your discussions.  I have included DISK configuration below for
>clarity.  Thanks all for your input.
>
>
>                      Display Disk Configuration Protection
>              Serial                  Resource
>  ASP  Unit   Number      Type Model  Name        Protection
>    1
>Mirrored
>          1   00-0BB9617  6607  030   DD001       Controller
>          1   00-0BD2365  6607  030   DD002       Controller
>          3   00-0F33908  6607  070   DD012       Device Parity
>          4   00-0F43768  6607  072   DD011       Device Parity
>          5   00-0BB8603  6607  072   DD010       Device Parity
>          6   00-0BC1727  6607  072   DD009       Device Parity
>          7   00-0BC2962  6607  072   DD008       Device Parity
>          8   00-0F37094  6607  072   DD007       Device Parity
>          9   00-0BB7222  6607  070   DD006       Device Parity
>         10   00-0F43363  6607  072   DD005       Device Parity
>         11   00-0BB9159  6607  072   DD004       Device Parity
>         12   00-0F43632  6607  072   DD003       Device Parity
>
>
>
>                      Display Disk Configuration Capacity
>                                               ----Protected--- ---Unprotecte
>d--
>  ASP  Unit   Type Model  Threshold  Overflow       Size  %Used      Size
>%Used
>    1                                                 90%    No
>41943 94.57%         0  0.00%
>          1   6607  030
>4194 94.51%         0  0.00%
>          1   6607  030
>4194 94.51%         0  0.00%
>          3   6607  070
>4194 94.61%         0  0.00%
>          4   6607  072
>3670 94.88%         0  0.00%
>          5   6607  072
>3670 94.52%         0  0.00%
>          6   6607  072
>3670 94.78%         0  0.00%
>          7   6607  072
>3670 94.43%         0  0.00%
>          8   6607  072
>3670 94.60%         0  0.00%
>          9   6607  070
>4194 94.45%         0  0.00%
>         10   6607  072
>3670 94.54%         0  0.00%
>         11   6607  072
>3670 94.44%         0  0.00%
>         12   6607  072
>3670 94.50%         0  0.00%
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@cross-check.com>
>To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:33 AM
>Subject: RE: AS/400 UPGRADE
>
>
> > For the hardware compatibility.  The older software may not handle the new
> > memory or dasd.  But again it may.  You your self warn about the
> > pre-requisites.  You do have a valid point about spreading the OS across
>the
> > new drives, but then there is the new disk balancing that is available
>with
> > V4R3 and even better in V4R4.  The V4R4 version is even better than the
> > spread when loading the tapes.  Also, they are only upgrading the OS so
>the
> > data will not be touched and not spread across the new drives.
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
> > Sr. Programmer/Analyst mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
> > CrossCheck, Inc. http://www.cross-check.com
> > 6119 State Farm Drive Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
> > Rohnert Park CA  94928   Fax: 707 586-1884
> >
> > If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
> > Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allen, Stu [mailto:sallen@fellowes.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:32 AM
> > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: AS/400 UPGRADE
> >
> >
> > Chris,
> > Out of interest, why?
> > Extra memory would make the software u/g quicker, and the extra disk would
> > ensure that the LPP libraries would be spread over more disk arms...
> >
> > Dare, concentrate on the s/w upgrade.  As long as you meet pre-requisites,
> > (which your hardware vendor should be able to confirm), disk, memory, and
>no
> > protection->raid are a piece of cake.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stuart
> >
> > Stuart Allen
> > European Systems Analyst,  Fellowes
> > mailto:sallen@fellowes.com
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