RE: OS400 DATA MIGRATION

Neil:

Depending on where the 6512 is installed, it may not support 16 drives.

"On the 9406 Model 720 with the #9364/#5064 System Unit Expansion and the
#9331 Expansion Unit for SPD Cards, the #6512 supports up to 15 disk units
within the System Unit Expansion."

Dare has said that he doesn't know about a 5052.

I am very certain that Dare won't be able to migrate his data as he
described in his note earlier today.  Let's assume that the 6512 is not in a
system expansion unit and therefore it will support 16 drives.  The IOP has
10 drives on it now therefore, there are connectors available for 6 more
drives.  He cannot respread the data from drives 9 and/or 10 then remove
drive 9 or drive 10, there isn't room on drives 1 through 8 to hold the
respread data - unless he turns off mirroring for unit 1 and 1A and RAID for
drives 1 through 10.  Therefore, he cannot attach all 7 of his 8 gb drives
in one go.  He can attach 6 of them (as drives 11 through 16), then disable
drives 9 and 10 (and wait for the data to migrate off to drives 11 through
16), then remove 9 and 10 from the 6512 and attach them to the MFIOP and add
drive 7 of his 8gb drives to the 6512.  That is a 2-step process.  I hope
that is what he is expecting.

Richard Jackson
mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
Fax:   1 (303) 663-4325

-|-----Original Message-----
-|From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
-|[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Neil Palmer
-|Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 3:57 PM
-|To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
-|Subject: Re: OS400 DATA MIGRATION
-|
-|
-|My 2 cents worth.  You should add an 8th disk to that new RAID set (you
-|have 7 x 8.58GB planned), that way the parity
-|striping will be spread across all 8 disks instead of just the first 4,
-|which will the have higher utilization than the rest.
-|
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-|
-|"oludare" <oludare@ix.netcom.com>
-|Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
-|2000/10/12 14:51
-|Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
-|
-|
-|        To:     <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
-|        cc:
-|        Subject:        Re: OS400 DATA MIGRATION
-|
-|Thanks for your input Richard but what type of excitement, good or bad?
-|and
-|what will cause the excitement?
-|
-|Dare
-|
-|----- Original Message -----
-|From: "Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
-|To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
-|Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:07 PM
-|Subject: RE: OS400 DATA MIGRATION
-|
-|
-|> I did my part.  I gave input, I made suggestions, I expressed concerns.
-|>
-|> I hope that it works out but I think that you are going to have some
-|> excitement both over the weekend and when the system comes back up. Good
-|> luck!
-|>
-|> Richard Jackson
-|> mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
-|> http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
-|> Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
-|> Fax:   1 (303) 663-4325
-|>
-|> -|-----Original Message-----
-|> -|From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
-|> -|[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of oludare
-|> -|Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 8:01 AM
-|> -|To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
-|> -|Subject: Re: OS400 DATA MIGRATION
-|> -|
-|> -|
-|> -|Guys,
-|> -|
-|> -|I'm not an expert with AS/400 hardware but I don't know where
-|> -|50xx came from
-|> -|in my previous posting, see my system storage resources below.  I know
-|> -|these:
-|> -|
-|> -|1.    The new DASD (7 x 8.58Gig) is a type 6713 and all my
-|> -|current DASD (12
-|> -|x 4.xGig) is type 6607
-|> -|2.    My current Storage controller for all 10 DASD is 6512 type.
-|> -|3.    My current Storage controller for the 2 bottom DASD is 9162 type
-|> -|(Combined IOP).
-|> -|4.    IBM CE plan is to create another RAID for the new DASD (7 x
-|8.58Gig)
-|> -|then perform Data Migration.
-|> -|5.    The 2 drives will then be move to the bottom internal mirrored
-|set.
-|> -|
-|> -|Dare
-|> -|
-|
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