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Rob,--
I only created one storage space.
If one storage space is spread across all host drives, why would need more than 1 storage space.
I'm not seeing where additional storage spaces will gain performance.
My guest LPAR is only used for creating DSLO images and/or testing the install of a DSLO image.
My guest LPAR actually IPLs quicker than the hosted LPAR.
I would think it would be the opposite.
Paul
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 8:49 AM
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Subject: RE: 70GB load source and 5 other drives
Replace "drives" by "storage spaces".
You should not just create one big storage space for the guest.
You should create 6 or more for performance reasons.
Yes, when you do a CRTNWSSTG it will spread that over all the drives in the ASP you create it.
However, the guest still needs 6 'logical units' or LUNs as they talk about it in the SAN world.
You CAN do just 1. I have. Those lpars are also very slow.
Where do you see that your bottleneck is the lack of LUNs in performance tools? I haven't a clue. I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants.
Ok?
Rob Berendt
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From: "Steinmetz, Paul" <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: 04/25/2014 08:39 AM
Subject: RE: 70GB load source and 5 other drives
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Rob and Pete,
I'm confused. When you create a network server storage for a guest
LPAR, you only give it the size, no where do you tell it the number of drives.
If the host lpar has 8 drives, 8 will be used. If the host lpar has24
drives all 24 will be used. The guest storage will be evenly spread
across the number of drives of the host.
Is this correct?
Paul
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello -
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 7:42 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: 70GB load source and 5 other drives
Rob,
7.2 will need a 70GB load source, and that means
when you create it on the guest side you have to create it larger than
70 to get 70 on the hosted (or client) side. I have been using
approximately 79GB when I create them, and they have worked fine for
7.2. Then if the others are significantly smaller, I end allocations
on that drive to keep the I/Os more balanced on the spread of the I/Os
across the drives
Pete
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mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 7:18 AM
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Subject: 70GB load source and 5 other drives
I know that we covered this in a thread but I'm having a devil of a
time finding it. I found it alluded to in
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201401/msg00542.html
I have a guested system that is currently 279GB. And it's only 30%
utilized. I am doing an unload/reload and I want the 6 "luns".
I figured that I'd make the first one slightly over 70GB (like 75 or 80).
The reason being that it is a very hard halt with the next version of
OS, especially with virtualized disks, and IBM will publish the 'pad'
needed for VIOS, etc.
~300GB - 80GB = 220GB
220GB/(5drives/GB) = 44GB/Drive
So am I better off having 5 'luns' of 44GB each, or,
220GB/(35GB/drive)~=6 drives of 35GB each and having 6 drives of a
somewhat standard size?
Or refigure the whole thing since it's only 30% utilized.
279 * .3 = 81GB
80GB load source and how many of what size additional CRTNWSSTG spaces?
Cause you can see just how much wasted space I'll have with 6 drives
of 80GB.
Rob Berendt
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