Deane,
There are two fairly low cost solutions which could handle RAID for your
3000.
These would be the NIKE 20 and Autoraid 12H units, both of which connect
via FWD SCSI.
The NIKE 20 would require 2 FWD cards/connections to be available and
the 12H one.
Regards,
Jack Connor
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Deane Bell
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:06 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] 'Raiding' LDEV1 (Was: HP3000 Homesteading Questions)
Nothing like relying on good advice from folks who've 'been there, done
that'. Regarding both your posts to the 3000 list, IS there an HP
supported solution for replacing the 4GB internal LDEV1 with something
that supports RAID (or at least mirroring)? We currently have our
production data in 'Jamaica' units, fully mirrored (Mirror/iX), but
indeed I've been worried about the ancient LDEV1 ... enough that we do
everything possible to NOT shutdown power. It has reached the point
where I have concern that if the drive ever lost it's taste for power
.... it might never spin up again and the thought of a RELOAD is not fun.
We currently have our system on full HP Support.
LDEV: 1; Type: ST34573WC; Size: 4.29Gb; Path: 10/4/24.6.0
Any advice, specific hardware make/models, software for addressing the
single LDEV1 situation would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:51:52 -0800
From: donna hofmeister <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: HP3000 Homesteading Questions
....... i'll as strongly as possible urge you to look at upgrading your
disc. it's probably the one component most likely to fail on your box
-- especially if you're still running internal 4 or 8gb drives. if your
drives have been in service for more than 8-10 years (did you put in new
disc to upgrade to 5.5 for y2k?), imo you're skating on thin ice! it's
a matter of time before you'll be changing disc in a panic instead
easily over some weekend. so ask your vendor
-- do you have staff that can assist with a disk migration?
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:17:23 -0600
From: John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: HP3000 Homesteading Questions
Superb advice from donna. I've been doing this for 12 years and the
sites we support who have the smoothest operation do as donna suggests.
They rarely have unscheduled downtime or emergencies.
And one more word on old disc. If you're not RAIDed, you're not doing
your homework. It's inexpensive and light years ahead of old internal
SE SCSI disc.
John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions
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