On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 03:53:41PM -0700, Lee Stewart wrote:
> Hi all...
> We're working with a customer that someone has suggested to them that as
> we move their Oracle d/b from brand x to Linux on z, that we also move
> the actual d/b from their old SAN box(es) to mainframe disk (3390
> images). The catch is that the d/b is about 8TB, and to my rough math
> that seems like 1100-1200 3390 mod 9s.
>
> Does Linux even support that many DASD devices? Does LVM?
LVM does, but only for certain values of "does". By default it will
be keeping copies of the LVM metadata on every volume, which means
that onlining, offlining, and other LVM ops will take forever.
--
Rodger Donaldson rodg...@diaspora.gen.nz
I just had this vision of a young boy cowering in terror, whispering:
"I see dumb people"
-- Steve VanDevender
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