RE: With SAN should you still use internal disk for vios? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: With SAN should you still use internal disk for vios?
From: Steve Pavlichek <spavlichek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 11:51:44 +0000
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Personal preference of the system architect. I normally use boot from SAN for my VIOS installs but I know other who prefer internal.

Boot from SAN is less expensive on HW but adds a little to installation time plus one less HW component to fail.
Most common preference I hear for internal is that in case you lose the SAN, you can still boot VIOS for troubleshooting.

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