Re: 2 gig limit and large disks

jack.russo@frx.com wrote: > > I have run across a problem and am looking for help. > With new disk arrays using larger disks (i.e. 9 gig devices) > and raid-5 (5 disk sets) how can I break up an array > of 36 gig if the operating system will only allow 8 slices > and informix will only allow a 2 gig chunk + offset??? > =20 > Am i missing something or is raid-5 not an option > =20 > I am on ODS 7.23 uc1 and solaris 2.5 > =20 > Any insight on this problem will be greatly appreciated. The problem is that Solaris is feature poor. Try a third party RAID solution. DG Clariion for Solaris comes with software that can break the RAID or STRIPE SET into as many logical devices of any size as you want. I am sure that the others do too. Art S. Kagel