Re: Question for Sun Experts

>We have setup a Raid 0 metadevice, using DiskSuite, of 70GB. We end up with >a /dev/md/rdsk/d0 device, which gives us access to 70GB. > >However, IDS has an addressing limitation of Offset + Size < 2GB. Therefore, >we are only able to allocate the first 2GB of our metadevice to IDS. > >The question is: How can IDS use the rest of the metadevice? We need to >subdivide the metadevice in 2GB pieces, but tech support (this is a rented >machine) tells us it is not possible. I find that hard to believe. > Tech support is lying big time, it is possible but I don't have any Disksuite pages handy and I haven't been on a Disksuite'd box for a few months. You need to trash the existing d0 device and start building everything from scratch again. Just format each of your 9GB drives in to partitions no larger than 2 GB, don't forget you need some logspace for the metadevices as well. Personally I don't think Disksuite is as fast as Veritas but it is cheaper and I've always found it easy to use. I've heard on the grapevine that Sun want to drop either DiskSuite or Veritas and concentrate on just one, but both have powerful supporters within Sun. Paul Watson WF Software Ltd Tel: +44 1436 674729 Fax: +44 1436 678729 www.wfsoftware.com/informix # If you broke it, hide the evidence ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************