I received numerous responses to my question:
The manual page for the addvol command indicates that more than 3
volumes in an advfs domain can be risky even though up to 250 volumes
is supported.
The answers I recieved were numerous and all indicated that the reason more
than 3 volumes can be risky is that if one physical volume in a domain fails
all data in the domain is lost and it it statistically more likely that
one of 3 volumes will fail than only one volume and even more likely that
one of 4 volumes will fail than one of 3 volumes.
Thanks to all who responded, your help is very much appreciated.
I am going with 4 volumes but realize I must be even more vigilant about
backups than I was before.
Richard
Received on Mon Jan 12 1998 - 15:36:54 NZDT