RE: Quick Survey

And don't forget about the Stand by disk in each array.  If one fails,
it comes alive and takes over the work load.  I know this can be done on
a PERC/4 RAID card but can you set one on an AS400 to automatically take
over?  I know you can have un-configured drives but hot stand by? 


Chris Bipes
Information Services Director
CrossCheck, Inc.

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Of course, the next discussion is hot-swap vs. non-hot-swap <g>.  Again,
for a non-mission-critical system where loss of work is more important
than interrupted service, it seems that hot-swap is an unnecessary
expense.  On the other hand, the ability to quickly replace a failing
drive before a second one goes casters up is probably a good reason to
have hot-swap bays in HA environments.