>>> On 4/15/2011 at 08:21 PM, Kyle Stewart <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote: 
> We are implementing another RHEL 5.3 under z/VM 6.1.  The folks we are doing 
> this for would like 1-2TB of data.  Can RHEL 5.3 use mod 54s?

Yes.  Linux doesn't care about model numbers.

> What are the 
> down sides?

Without the use of PAV, performance.  z/VM can only start one I/O to a 
subchannel at a time.  The more data you have on one subchannel, the more you 
might wait to get at it.

> Would I be better off with mod 27s and if so, why?  Thanks in 
> advance.

I would say that for that amount of data, you would be better off using SCSI 
over FCP.  Trying to build up very large file systems with DASD (and LVM) is a 
pain to manage.


Mark Post

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