On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:42:26AM +1000, Deon George wrote: > Mark, > > I've not done it on 390, but it is possible. You'll need raid compiled IN > the kernel (not a module - unless you load it from a initrd disk), and you > need to change your partition type to "Raid Autodetect". On Intel its > partition type 8e, but I dont know how you do that on minidisk partitions. > Does fdasd let you change the partition type? > > Anyway, wouldnt it be better to have the raid done at the hardware/DASD > layer, and not burn CPU cycles keeping raided minidisks in sync?
No. You gain more performance if multiple DASDs are put together using RAID or LVM. Have a look at http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/perf_hints_tips.shtml#subcategory3_2 Ihno > > ...deon > --- > Have you looked at the A/NZ Tivoli User Group website? > http://www.tuganz.org > > Deon George, Customer Support Account Engineer, IBM Australia > Office: +61 3 9626 6058, Fax: +61 3 9626 6622, Mobile: +61 412 366 816, > IVPN +70 66058 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ibm.com/tivoli > -- "Never trust a computer you can lift." -- Ihno Krumreich [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux AG S390 & zSeries Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 +49-911-74053-439 90429 N|rnberg http://www.suse.de
