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Exactly! -----Original Message----- date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:56:45 -0800 from: "Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> subject: RE: Disk storage - iSeries/Windows/UNIX The more I think about this why would it even matter what the block size is for an iSeries controlled disk? The "virtual" disk space or REAL disk allocated to a UNIX partition would be formatted and controlled by the OS running in that parturition (AIX or Linux). As for Windows... A virtual disk would be allocated to an xSeries system (IBM's integrated Intel based server) and this disk would be formatted by Windows. For example, as an FAT32 disk or a NTFS disk. How the actual data is stored on the physical disk within the disk subsystem on the iSeries (AS400) wouldn't matter...RIGHT ???? Because direct data sharing of these virtual storage spaces is not part of this equation. These "virtual" disks would not be shared disk. That is they wouldn't be disk that the iSeries could read directly. The iSeries could backup the storage space though, because it is known to OS400 as an "object". OS400 could also do file level saves of Windows space because it participates in SMB as a client or a server. Sharing between UNIX storage spaces and other OS's could be done using SAMBA or NFS... What do you think ???? Kenneth
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