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Re: OK to mirror AIX Raw LV for data pools?

2003-10-26 15:17:58
Subject: Re: OK to mirror AIX Raw LV for data pools?
From: Bob Booth - UIUC <booth AT UIUC DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:16:07 -0600
I have been doing rawlv AIX mirroring for disk storage pools since ADSM was
delivered for AIX.  I have *never* had a problem, and when properly laid out,
get outstanding performance as well.

bob

On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 01:26:47PM -0600, Roger Deschner wrote:
> The ITSM Administrators Guide is explicit that you should not use AIX
> mirroring on Raw Logical Volumes which are used for Log or Database.
> Something gets overlaid and it won't work.
>
> However, this still leaves open the question if it is OK to use AIX
> mirroring on Raw Logical volumes which are used for data storage pools.
> Are there any problems doing this?
>
> Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT 
> edu
> === Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose. ====

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