Re: DIsk conversion question

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you talking with I on I with LPAR's with the host owning the drives or
a EMC or DS8000 SAN or ??

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:44 AM, <ldwopt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am confused when converting direct attach to a SAN system
>
> Our old system was had 12 127 15k rpm drives. We converted to an LPARed
> system with 3 Luns.
>  #1  572000M   7,200 rpm
> #2    191000M  7,200 rpm
> #3    763000M  7,200 rpm
>
> I don't have the exact break down but there is supposed to be 60 drives
> allocated to the 3 luns.When we tried a test conversion this past weekend a
> disk bottle neck occurred during part of the initial start up when selected
> files were being reorged.
>
> My thought on correcting the problem would be to:
> 1. Split the 3 luns into maybe 6 or more smaller units
> 2. Recreate the luns using 15k drives
> 3. Recreate the drives into 6 luns with 15k drives
>
> Am on the correct track\?
> Is there other option to consider?
>
> TIA
>
> Dave Willenborg
> FNTS semi-retired
> Omaha NE
>
>
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