Re: Size/number of guested storage spaces

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was told 100GB.

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:11 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have some unload/reloads coming and instead of just migrating the
> storage spaces from old host to new host I plan on busting them up after
> reading the recommendations at
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201111/msg00044.html
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201111/msg00114.html
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201111/msg00080.html
>
> Is there a MINIMUM recommended size?  For example, V5R4 required a minimum
> load source size of 17GB
>
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v5r4/hardware.html
> Power 5's will be the last to support the 17GB drives
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/futurehdwr.html
> If I take a 280GB system and bust it up into 6 drives that's roughly
> 46GB/drive.  One of those links suggested making them the size of standard
> IBM drives (but no reason why).  So, should I make them eight 35GB drives?
> And what is 'standard'?  Rough answer would be 35, 70, 140, 280 but what
> would one put on CRTNWSSTG?
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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