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>Hi!
>I'm looking for some ideas on the best way to upgrade to a HP Model 20
>RAID system.
>
>Currently I have 967sx with 6GB internal and 2GB external, all are part
>of the MPEXL_...volume set.  MPEix 5.0
>
>I have just received a Model 20 RAID system with 24GB.  I plan on using
>RAID-1 mirrored pairs, for a usable space of 12GB.
>
>I will soon be upgrading to 5.5.
>
>I know I can do the following steps to move to RAID:
>Full Backup
>Unconfigure the 2GB drives
>configure the RAID as MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET
>Install the OS
>Reload my data.
>
>My questions:
>What other ways (better) are there?

I would strongly recommend using private volumes in addition to MPEXL...SET.

Leave the existing 8 GB as the MPEXL...SET (now you don't have to do a reload
at all), and configure the new RAID as one or more private volume sets. Take
all "your" accounts (accounts that DON'T come from a FOS or SLT) and build them
on the private volume, after deleting them from the MPEXL...SET.

Of course, with this scenario you lose RAID fault-tolerance for the
MPEXL...SET, which may not be acceptable. You may decide you must have those on
the RAID also...in this case you MUST perform a reload as you described. I
would still use private volumes for your own accounts, though.

No matter how you do, I always would make a complete backup set and a new
SLT...just in case. :)

>Can I do some sort of disk to disk copy for the user data?

Not if you want to use the same account names.