--- Jim Killam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  I tend to only use the internal drives on any system for
> dump-to-disk and everything else either goes to an XP array or SAN.
>
> Keeping a bootable image of MPE on one of the internal drives is an
> excellent point, it saved me once at 2 AM when we lose total
> connectivity to the XP array the system was attached to and we had
> some serious trouble shooting to do.

i like this solution!  yes, i do have one internal disc and it is
expressly for memory dumps.  a 2nd internal disc with a bootable image
would be wonderful insurance.  it would take some fore-thought to be
able to manage it all...but there's no reason why you can't have two
bootable discs.  i'll point out (the obvious) that if ldev 1 is
internal and you have a multi-disc system volume and the remaining
system storage is on a disc array -- uh, what's the point?  if ldev 1
fails...you're toast!

obtw -- sometime in the last month we actually had a drive fail on my
va array.  the array worked perfectly and switched over to the spare
without a blink.  given that i've got *two* systems sharing this array
-- i am *more* than pleased with how well it worked :-)

btw #2 -- if anyone knows how to get the pc that manages the array to
send an smtp alert, i'd be real interested in knowing how to do it.
the command view manual only makes obscure references to it.  given
that we accidently discovered that a drive failed and that one more
failure would have made for a real mess...i really want to get alerts
set-up.          - d

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