Re: Is mirroring of 660x's load source units still needed?

At 10:32 AM 10/30/00 -0800, you wrote:

Extra $$

Al


> From the 6xx/170 and up, the base DASD CTLR can be spec'd to support
>RAID5. I don't remember off hand if it's default or extra $$
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>Scott.Lindstrom@zenith.com
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>10/30/00 09:33 AM
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>         Subject:        Is mirroring of 660x's load source units still 
> needed?
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>Since the days when our machine was a 9406-320, the load source unit has
>been mirrored, and the rest of the disk units are all RAID-5.  (We have
>6606, 6607, and 6603 disk units).  We are now up to a 9406-530 running
>V4R4.
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>We are switching to an equivalent box.  Is mirroring still required on the
>load source unit?  Or can RAID5 be used instead?
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>If we still mirror, do I start RAID on rest of the disk units first, then
>come back and mirror the load source units?
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>We have 6502/6512 disk controllers.
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>Scott Lindstrom
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