Ted,
> > According to our service provider there is. They are > tendering to replace our entire mainframe DASD farm. And, > HDS and IBM's sizes to replace are larger by the > difference between the HIPERVOLUMES and a -1, times the > number of HYPERVOLUMES. > -teD What does that mean exactly? We also support the equivalent of Hipervolumes, which means that once you have formatted the Array Group to a standard size (you choose the size) the leftover bit space can also be formatted as a small volume. Great for things like JES2 Checkpoints, catalogs, RACF Primary, etc. We call the CVS (Custom Volume Size) and they can be as small as one CYL. Note that with HDS the same size drive will have a different leftover amount depending on the parity scheme selected (2D+2D, 4D+4D, 3D+P, 4D+P, or 6D+2P). There may be some misunderstanding with your service provider as to the common formatting sizes (3390-1/2/3/9) and using CVS. The HDS Parity Groups should be formatted to the largest supported Volume size, and after formatting completes you change them to whatever you need. For example, if you have parity group formatted as 3390-3, you can reformat 3 contiguous 3390-3 into 10x1000 CYL volumes plus one 17 CYL volume. Ron ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
