No one’s mentioned it but one serious benefit to a separate root volume is an inconsistency state in a non-root volume.
~JK
From:
owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wargel
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
10:25 AM
To: Callaway, Michael; Tim Longo;
toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: New install
The other thing to consider is mixing drive sizes in same filer. Just want to make sure you have at least one spare of each size…
Mike Wargel
Senior Systems Engineer
Custom Storage, Inc
mwargel@customstorage.com
O: 480 941-4026, x101
C: 602 690-4788
From: Callaway,
Michael [mailto:Mcallaway@ntta.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
11:21 AM
To: Mike Wargel; Tim Longo;
toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: New install
True, but 2 36GB drives out of 112 discs, most 72GB, they aren't really that missed.
Like he said though, you may be better off converting and resizing to your needs/recommended root vol size.
Thanks, Michael
NTTA/IT
http://www.ntta.org
214.461.2033
From: Mike Wargel
[mailto:mwargel@cstor.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
11:49 AM
To: Callaway, Michael; Tim Longo;
toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: New install
On a 270 with only 14 drives, we’ve setup systems to migrate entirely to flexvols, including vol0. Maximizes effective disk usage and can resize vol0 as needed. Most vol0’s are 25G or less and use a tenth of that. Quite a sacrifice of 2 disks IMO.
Mike
Mike Wargel
Senior Systems Engineer
Custom Storage, Inc
mwargel@customstorage.com
O: 480 941-4026, x101
C: 602 690-4788
From:
owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Callaway, Michael
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
10:14 AM
To: Tim Longo; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: New install
We left vol0 as it was, but it's a very small vol, 2 discs if I remember correctly. We just have it there for the system files.
Everything else is flex vols in aggr.
Thanks,
Michael Callaway
Systems Support Technician
North Texas Tollway Authority/IT Department
http://www.ntta.org
214.461.2033 office
214.325.5523 mobile
972.930.2633 fax
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com on
behalf of Tim Longo
Sent: Tue 1/10/2006 9:28 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: New install
I'm in the process of
setting up a new FAS270. The first thing I did was
upgrade firmware/nd Ontap to version 7. After doing some reading, I
think I will plan to implement FlexVols in the remaining free space. The
root Vol0 seems to be bigger than I would have made it, and it seems it
needs to be a traditional Vol that I cannot resize. I'd be interested to
know what other people are doing here... are you leaving Vol0 as a
traditional volume and adding other flex vols? What about resizing the
root volume?
Thanks.