RE: Installing my First Concurrent Disk Drive

Do them all at once.  There shouldn't be any noticeable difference in
performance between formatting and RAIDing 1 & 4 drives.  Also, that way
STRASPBAL only has to be run once.


John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DebbieKelemen
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:42 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Installing my First Concurrent Disk Drive - Any Tips?

I'm in Colorado.  Thanks for the offer to hand hold.  I really
appreciate it.  I'm on V5R3 and I'm sure I'm raid 5.  I actually have 4
drive total to add.  The boss was unsure of me adding 4 in one day.  So
he thought I should do one today, then if it went well, I could do the
other 3 tomorrow.  So it sounds like I should either do two today & two
tomorrow.  Or bite the bullet & do all 4 today.

The 4 days have been in the computer room in the box for over two weeks
now.
I was in the hospital when they arrived so we had a slight delay in me
getting around to this.

Deb


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From: midrange-l-bounces+debbiekelemen=hotmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+debbiekelemen=hotmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Bipes
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:01 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Installing my First Concurrent Disk Drive - Any Tips?

Where are you located?  If northern CA I can make time to be there for
insurance/hand holding.  It is really simple to add drives when you have
the empty slots.  Just read what you type, keep people away from you so
you do not get side tracked.  Leave pager and cell phone on your desk.
Relax and take your time.  (Make the boss think it is a long and
involved process so you have time to relax. ;-) Insert the drive half
way before hitting enter on the console.  When the led flashes, push it
the rest of the way in.

You have had the drive in the same room as the tower it is to be
installed in, right.  It should be at room temp before you install it.
I will line up all the drives in the slots half way in the morning and
finish off after normal business hours.  Really nothing to worry about.

One question: Are you running raid 1 or 5?  If so, think about how you
are going to add one drive to the raid set.  If not, just add to the ASP
& have the system balance. 


Christopher Bipes
Information Services Director
CrossCheck, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DebbieKelemen
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:02 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Installing my First Concurrent Disk Drive - Any Tips?

I'm going to install my first disk drive today on our i5 in a concurrent
mode.  Any tips from you guys who have done it already?

I've ready the instructions about 5 times now.  I have the drive
location (in the expansion rack) where I will be placing it documented.
It seems too easy to be true.  It seems like I must be over looking
something.

There isn't anything in the current slot for me to remove, so do I need
to use the wrist strap?  I guess I probably should since I'm handling
disk drives but I wasn't sure.

Any tips would be appreciated.  I don't want to bring the company to a
screeching halt in the middle of the day....but it wouldn't be the first
time I've done it.  :)

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