Ed, Actually nothing should scream - just a SIM or two on the console and dynamic sparing will look after the rest. Unless you have a lot of read cache misses to that array group your scream will be more of a whimper! And definitely no "pfft."
Pull two drives perhaps - well that's what RAID-6 is for <GD&R> Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ed Finnell > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 8:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] DASD wont go offline. > > > In a message dated 9/3/2007 7:17:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > hate to be simplistic, but the words "OFF SWITCH" spring immediately > to > mind... > > > > >> > Yeah, just go pull it out of it's berth and see what screams? Pfft.... > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new > AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

