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From: kjc@and.cs.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Connecting 300 series disks to 635 - Help
Message-ID: <1991May23.143707.57@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 23 May 91 14:37:07 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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We currently have several HP7939 HPIB disk drives connected to 319 servers 
running HPUX 7. For performance (and admininstrative) reasons we would like 
to connect them to a 635 (also with HPIB) and make the 635 a filestore/NFS 
server. The disks have been configured with no swap space.

Q1. Do we have to partition each disk before connecting to the 635 (ie
    dump the data - partition - then restore (yuck)) or will the 635
    treat each disk as having one (very large) partition?

Q2. Will disk partitioning be available for the 300 series ? - if so when ?
    Before anyone asks, I am in favour of partitioning - you can always
    create a single partition the size of the disk (I think!).

Q3. If the answer to Q2. is affirmative, will you be able to connect a
    disk previously partitioned on a 635 system onto a 300 system (and
    vice versa) by simply unplugging from one and plugging into the other?
    (It might be necessary to undo the above changes if the 635 develops a 
    fault)
    
Thanks in advance

Kenny Chan

post:  Kenneth Chan
       Computer Science Department
       University Of Liverpool
       PO Box 147
       Liverpool 
       L69 3BX

email: kjc@uk.ac.liv.cs.and