There are requirements for PAV support *both* for native VM support of PAV and for guest o/s support, including Linux.
Dave Jones > -----Original Message----- > Ingo Adlung wrote: > > > I'd like to gather your feedback on the requirement for Linux > > exploiting Parallel Access Volume (PAV) support available on ESS > > (Shark) storage subsystems and its competitors in the market. > > > > In the past some customers expressed their concern about the data > > throughput ESCON attachments provide, which made us think about PAV > > support. However, I would appreciate any thoughts about FICON based > > storage attachments already satisfying your throughput requirements > > or whether you consider PAV exploitation a major requirement > > nonetheless ? Any opinions ? e.g. do you see requirements for it > > as you can't move to FICON in the forseeable future ? > > > > I would appreciate your feedback, either offline or to this list. > > In any case I would appreciate if you could also depict the business > > scenario / solution you expect PAV exploitation being a requirement > > for. > > > > Thanks and best regards, > > > > Ingo >
