Re: Virtual disks for an i partition

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At iDevCloud.com we have standardized on 17GB disks for our private 
partition users. You need 17GB for the load source and by the time you 
load up all the LPPs (we have a very heavy load of LPPs) you use up 
about 2 1/2 17's. Then add a few more and you've got enough space for 
the user.

So from a practical standpoint that's about as small as you can even go 
and stick with the 6 drive minimum. And remember that more than 6 arms 
is better for performance and more than one vSCSI path between host and 
client is also better for performance.

Essentially you need to work out how much I/O capacity you need and how 
much storage capacity you need and then work the two together to come up 
with the correct number and size of arms.


        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com

On 2/12/2013 10:05 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The part that still escapes me is there a recommended minimum size for
> these disks?  I know it is recommended that they be the same size.  I
> think the current minimum size supported by currently supported OS' is
> 35GB.  But I don't think that holds true for virtual disk.  And I get the
> impression that the 35GB minimum may be increased soon.
>
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201209/msg00500.html
>
>
> Rob Berendt