Re: No Mirror or Raid

["Mike Shaw" <mshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck,

I understand what you are saying.....That needs to be compared to the cost
of the time you are down for disk replacement and possible full system
restore.....The cost of disk units have come down to where RAID 5 protection
is pretty cheap insurance for disk failure.

Also consider this:  I have three AS/400's here at NAMC and have had 3
failures since Nov. 2000.....One of them during the install of V4R5 in mid
December.......With RAID 5 in place, I was able to get through the install
and have the disk unit replaced after the PTF CUME was installed.

You got to weigh all the costs of downtime no matter how big the
shop........

Regards,

Mike Shaw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buck Calabro" <buck.calabro@aptissoftware.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: RE: No Mirror or Raid


> Mike, the big "pro" is saving on the cost of AS/400 DASD.  There are
smaller
> businesses who prefer not to spend monies for redundant DASD, especially
> given the positive track record of AS/400 hardware.
>
> Buck
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Shaw
> >
> > There are no Pros.......other than more usable disk space available.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: oludare
> >
> > What are the PROs and CONs on a system without disk mirror or raid.
> >
> >
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