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At 03:43 PM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote: >I am installing some additional disk drives and am converting everything to >RAID. Anyone have any advice, suggestions, etc.? > Piece of cake. 1. Backup your system. Go SAVE - Option 21 2. Physically Add DASD 3. Manual IPL to DST 4. Add DASD to ASP and Start Raid 5 protection - All in 1 IPL 5. Fairly LONG IPL Assuming that you are adding just enough DASD to cover the RAID-5 penalty, you will get a very acceptable scatter load. As you add more, the scatter load will be worse. BTW, V4R4 was pre-announced (This means it's OK to talk about.) this morning by IBM. There are new disk scatter functions provided! Al +--------------------------------------------------+ | Please do not send private mail to this address. | | Private mail should go to barsa@ibm.net. | +--------------------------------------------------+ Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L Barsa Consulting, LLC. 400 > 390 Phone: 914-251-1234 Fax: 914-251-9406 http://www.barsaconsulting.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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