I have all the pieces for FCP other than an ESS 2105 box configured for SCSI disk we also have a Storagetek V2X2 box, but it has no FICON at this point. We are also going to evaluate an EMC DMX box for doing file sharing between z/OS and Solaris/Linux platforms.
At this point I will place a caveat in our POC to discuss future enhancements, such as FCP and SCSI drives. A new and changing world ahead us. Thanks Larry -----Original Message----- From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Format disk and mount FS : lost space On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 08:54, Davis, Larry wrote: > I know this has been discussed, but what was the final outcome. Should > we use EXT2 or EXT3 block size 1024 or 4096 for space allocation on > zlinux Depends. 1K blocks will be slower but less wasteful of space if you have lots of files smaller than 4K. > I am getting ready to start a POC on a z-800 IFL and it looks like I > am throwing DASD at the LINUX images. Does your z800 have the right microcode and the right FICON to do zSCSI? > We are also looking at LVM as a way to get larger File system space > and share those volumes across several Linux ID's under z/VM, as > opposed to NFS > > Any suggestions LVM works fine. It's not especially fast, but it does the trick well enough. Still, in the long haul, for a zBox needing big DASD, consider SCSI. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
