Gilles,
Thanks for the info.  But now I am getting conflicting information. Would anyone else care to comment?
 Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Yes, mod20's can be INSTEAD OF software disk mirroring on the HP3000.
>
>Better still, you can use mod20's to mirror the MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET -
>something which cannot be accomplished with MIRROR/iX software.

Great, that is what I would want to do.

>Also, the mod20 permits dual-controller access to the HP3000 - a feature
>NOT available with the far more expensive Autoraid 12H.

Is this true?  I have heard about 3 yes and 3 no's.

>Each mod20 supports a maximum of 8 luns - the same limit as the Autoraid12H.

8 luns, but 20 mirorred disks, hmmm doesn't compute.  So are you saying I can only have a maximum of 8 disks mirrored on two channels?

>In a nutshell, I highly recommend the nike mod20 disk array.
>
>I suggest dual Storage Processors (SP's) and maximum memory (which,
>officially is 64mb per SP, but 128mb per SP works just fine.

Has anyone else done this?  This could be the reason why Larry couldn't get it to work.

Thanks in advance.

-Craig






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