Re: Load source question (RE: Disk Upgrade) -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Load source question (RE: Disk Upgrade)
From: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:37:10 -0500
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Raid is done by the disk controller, hence the much higher
price for raid controller.

This is the same as big iron.

There may be some OS stuff going on but very little.

McKown, John wrote:

Ignorant question here: Does that mean that the i does the striping in
host software? The DASD for the "z" is striped as well, but it is done
in the DASD subsystem and is transparent to the host.

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