Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!GRIN2.BITNET!MCGUIRE From: MCGUIRE@GRIN2.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: RE: binding disk packs into volume sets Message-ID: <8706111652.AA27223@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 10-Jun-87 14:11:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8706111652.AA27223 Posted: Wed Jun 10 14:11:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 10:22:35 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 17 > Date: Wed, 10 Jun 87 12:01 EDT > From: JPENNY@UNCG > Subject: binding disk packs into volume sets > > has anyone had any experience binding multiple disk packs into volume sets? > we have two ra81s bound together, and have had no trouble. so we are looking > to add a third. We are currently running two RA81s bound together, and have not encountered any problems. RA81s seem to be pretty reliable (at least, if there is a problem, it's usually caught in advance of a failure and we can plan the down time). I'm assuming I may have to bind an additional disk in the future. The first volume in the set gets hit hardest because the index is on that volume. You may want to monitor your I/O rates with an eye to possibly increasing caches for that volume. Ed