Re: 5.3 to 6.1 on Small 520 - DVD or Image Catalog?

Kirk,

My arguments would be (if your client has enough space on their DASD):

1) DASD will be, IMHO, always faster than a DVD drive.
2) The amount of time you need for a:) checking the messages, b:) changing
DVDs, and c.) responding the message (not to mention the time needed for the
DVD drive to load the disk) must be bigger than the needed for the system
to change "virtual" disk images.

and 3) The possibility of loading the wrong DVD is almost nil (giving you
more time for that nap :-) )

HTH,


Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a client that has a small ( 500CPW ) 520 with 3GB memory and 2 pairs
of 35GB drives Mirrored. Any have any idea if using an Image Catalog will
be
faster on this system? I normally use Image Catalogs when I can where I can
load them up and start the upgrade and go get a nap whille it spins away
doing the upgrade. This upgrade is time sensitive and the less time I spend
the better. So would it be faster to come from the DVD's directly
minimizing
the Disk I/O?

Thanks

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Kirk
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