I had asked a questions on whether disks with a capacity of more than 9 GB
could be used on a KZPAC. The general consensus was that it was doable,
but there are better ways, which included the use of LSM or an updated
controller.
I probably should have given more information in my original post,
apologies for my vagueness. This situation we have currently is that we
have a AS1200 with 2 KZPACs in it. It is being used for an SAP training
box, and we're trying to avoid the expense of adding another controller
and/or external storage. As such, we're trying to squeeze as much into the
internal storage as possible.
Most people noted the 32GB limit on the KZPAC, which was something that
I'd forgotten about. This doesn't mean you can't use larger disks, but it
makes the use of 18GB or 36GB drives in a RAID configuration rather
pointless. It is possible to get around the limit somewhat by using
AdvFS, but it doesn't give the same level redundancy. As this box isn't
used for production, the need for a high level of redundancy isn't really
required.
Of those who responded, no one said there were dramas with 18 GB drives, but
no one responded saying 36 GB drives were OK.
So to summarize the summary, it looks like we'll go with 18 GB, but give the
36 GB drives a miss.
Thanks to Blair Phillips, Nagy Akos, Ariggo Triulzi, Harald Baumgartner,
Darryl Milczarek, Pat O'Brien, Dr. Thomas Blinn, Alan, and Ivan Hoe for their
help.
Regards,
Andrew
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Andrew Moar : Ph +61 3 9479 1505 email A.Moar_at_latrobe.edu.au
Unix Environment Specialist, Information Technology Services
La Trobe University, Bundoora
Received on Wed Feb 14 2001 - 05:06:22 NZDT