Re: Raid-5

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete is right on but i do question 'new 170' as they haven't made those 
things in this century!  :-) 

The 2726 card will work just fine for those drives and you will be able 
to start RAID even if there is already data on the disks, so long as 
they are not more than 75% full in total.

  - Larry

Pete Massiello wrote:
> Well V4R4 is a while back, so I don't know if things changed that much, but
> you want to do a Manual IPL, and go into DST.  Then WORK with Disk Units,
> and then Work with Disk Configuration, and you should see an option to start
> or configure a RAID set.  You might see it as Start Device Parity Protection
> and not as RAID.
>
> HTH
>
> Pete
>
> Pete Massiello
> iTech Solutions
> www.itechsol.com 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Crooks
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:04 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Raid-5
>
> Have a new 170 box with a 2726 raid card and 4 8GB disk units. Can someone
> point me in the right direction regarding configuring/starting raid-5
> protection. I've found some info on mirroring, but not any on raid. Is there
> a manual or Redbook I can read? The system is V4R4.
>
>  
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>