At 12:52 PM 5/16/97 -0700, Stan Sieler wrote:
>Michael asks:
>> We are using an HP3000/928 with MPE/iX 5.0, and we purchased two brandNew!
>> 4.3 GBYTE drives "A3674A". These drives just slide right in no problem. So
>> after they're configured in I want to do a reload, is that really needed?
>
>No, a reload isn't needed.  The only reasons I can see to do a reload
>in your case are:
>
>   1) you've decided to change the number of volumes in one or more
>      volume sets and are taking this opportunity to do it.
>      (E.g., go from a 10 disk MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET setup to
>      a 2 disk MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET, 5 disks USERS, and 5
>      disks SALES volume sets)
>
>   2) you want to "balance" the available space across all of the
>      disks in the volume set(s) that the new drives are added into.
>
>
>For number 2, two products are available that can do this for you (rebalance
>an existing system).
>
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Disk Space Manager, distributed by Bradmark Technologies, not only provides
a means to incorporate new discs in your system and balance the load without
reloading your system, it also helps ongoing management of disc storage.
For more info, and a free demo, call Bradmark at 800/621-2808.

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Jerry (couldn't simply let Stan plug without adding our own...;-)