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Subject: RE: volume modify  - best practices with the '-a' option
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:44:57 -0800
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Thread-Topic: volume modify  - best practices with the '-a' option
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From: "Eric Barrett" <eric.barrett@onstor.com>
To: "Michael Tracy" <mtracy@css.glasshouse.com>,
	"dl-cstech" <dl-cstech@onstor.com>

Mike,

Not documented, not supported, not recommended.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Tracy [mailto:mtracy@css.glasshouse.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 11:26 AM
To: dl-cstech
Subject: volume modify - best practices with the '-a' option

4191
Strategic Discovery

Custome wants to add luns to a volume - no problem
Wants to use the 'vol modify' - no problem
But with the '-a' option to specify an even fill across the luns for
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performance - command reference guide does not describe this option

diag> vol modify volname
  [OPTIONS  [-a LAYOUTTYPE] [-A ATIMEUPDATES] [-c CHARSUBST] [-d DEVICE]
[-e=20
SHA
 REDREAD] [-f] [-g MINAUTOGROW] [-h HIGHWATERMARK] [-L LANGUAGE] [-o=20
OPLOCKS] [-p
 NEWVOLNAME] [-q HARDQUOTA] [-s SOFTQUOTA] [-S STABILITY] [-t=20
CHARSUBSTTABLE]


He seems to recall being told this was the option to do this.  But we
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no documentation on it.
Would like to know if he can use 2 luns or must he use 4 for this to
work.
Would like a best practices

Thanks!
Michael=20


