RE: RAID Question

> You can create any number of volume groups and they can be of > any size but > there are only 16 physical disks (36GB each). The OS striping > would use 2 > disks (72GB total) to create 1 volume group. This would leave > me with 8 > volume groups (72GB each). > > Are you implying breaking up the physical disks into groups?? Break the physical into Logical volumes, I've lost the OS you are using, but if its AIX do not mix raw and filesytem LV on the same physical volumes Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # All answers are +44 1435 674629 # pure fantasy +44 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com/informix # > > Benny Lago > Alliance Entertainment, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 2:19 PM > To: benlag@aent.com; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: RAID Question > > > From: Benny Lago <benlag@aent.com> > > > >If the disks are striped by the OS it only gives me 8 volume groups. > > Why is that? I don't understand -- doesn't your VM allow you > to make any > number of volume groups of any size? > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________ > _________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com