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Wait,

Are you using internal storage via IVM for the IBM i partition?
Do you have the complete configuration available? You might have made a
RAID5 with a no cache controller (not up to Power8 on my redbook reading
yet) and running VIOS on top of it. I assume you will not be using any
external SAN storage right?


On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Ted Breedon <tbreedon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I'm installing IBMi 7.1 on IVM or Integrated Virtualization Manager. IVM
is what you use when you don't have an HMC. Everything is run from the
server, you have a your typical web interface where you manage all your
lpars. I have a S814 8286-41A with four 139GB 6GB SAS Drive in RAID 5. The
lpar has 4GB, 2 dedicated processors. When I ssh into vios I can see hdisk0
utilization at 100% which makes sense as I'm installing the OS.

Installing the OS has been terribly slow. I have a Power i5 9406-520 that
would install with-in 2 hours but my S814 has been going on for more than
two! I created the RAID Array using these AIX Instructions and the
Standalone Diagnostics Disc.

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/tutorials/au-aix-raid/
https://www-304.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/diags/home.html

What's a little perplexing to me is when I've watched videos of IVM being
installed and there's no standalone disc needed but this is what IBM
instructed me to use. As I am writing this I probably should have used RAID
10 over 5 but should it really be this slow? After I apply CUMs, should I
expect a performance increase or did I do something wrong?


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