We currently have a single partition 720 with 369 GB DASD used out of 558 GB available. We're in the process of planning our POWER9 upgrade, and in the process we'd like to add 1 TB of PDF & TIF files (probably in an IASP).
Our BP has quoted an S914 with 12 external 600 GB drives. They also recommend something called "Flash Copy".
As explained:
Flash Copy requires 3 partitions (control, production & target). During an IPL, the production partition can be imaged to the target partition.
Questions:
1. Our understanding has always been that IBMi license and SWMA is paid per instance, so this would mean 3x the cost. Are we wrong?
2. An IPL currently takes about 8 minutes. I assume if we add Flash Copy, that will take longer. Any idea how to estimate that?
3. Any thoughts/advice?
TIA
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