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Re: 'Raiding' LDEV1 (Was: HP3000 Homesteading Questions)
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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:10 -0800
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--- Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I believe the VA7xxxx line of HP storage gear is bootable and so could
> be used for LDEV1 and whatever else you have in the SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET.
> On the used market, such devices are relatively cheap, have higher
> capacities than the AutoRAID and Nike arrays, and have higher
> performance as well. However, they do require fiber connections on
> your 3000, and so might run into issues with older versions of MPE.

The problem is not so much the version of MPE, but more importantly the model of HP.

The older "NIO" 9x9 and earlier, do not support native fibre.  The n-class boxes do.

To "boot" from a VA7X, you would need the A5814A-003 fibre to scsi "brick".

-Craig

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