At 10:56 PM 6/26/96 -0400, DIGEST  Vicki L. Royer wrote:
>Our system manager is proposing to do a system reload on our 957.  Is this
>really necessary?  Are there other ways to get around doing this.  He claims
>to need to put databases on specific drives.  Does this make sense?
>Thanks!!
 
It indeed makes sense to spread a database, particularly large, multi-user
databases, across volumes.  This will help distribute the I/O more evenly
across the available bandwidth, helping in overall I/O performance/throughput.
 
 
/Plug-alert
 
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conjunction with MPE/iX's Transaction Manager (XM) to manage disc storage
and eliminates this type of system reload.  One of its primary features is
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much
faster than a reload and can also work on-line to manage unopened files
without requiring system downtime for all users.  Call us @ 800/621-2808 for a
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Jerry Fochtman, Director Of HP3000 R&D
Bradmark Technologies, Inc.