PUBLIC: Re: RSM 2000 LUN's

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Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:49:07 -0700 (PDT)


> 
> 
> >Keith Cornwell writes:
> > > You missed something. Each LUN looks like a SCSI target.
> > > You get 8 LUNs now and 32 under Solaris 2.6.
> > > 
> >
> >But my basic assumption is still true:
> >
> >Solaris 2.5.1 -> 8 LUNs per Raid Module
> >
> >and no chance to get any more. That's right, yes !?!???!
> >
> >Regards Joe
> >
> 
> It's certainly not as extensible as VxVM (infinite configurations), but
> it's not that bad.
> 8 LUNS * 16 VTOC entries = 128 possible volumes (assuming it uses
> the VTOC instead of the partition table),
> quadrupled for 2.6

Put VxVM on top of it. That'll solve your problems!

Thomas

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