We have a 9406-520 with 10 drives in the system unit and 30 more in the expansion unit. The drives in the system unit are in a second LPAR (for development). All drives are 35G. Those in the development LPAR are not RAID protected.
We are looking at a big development project which will require more than the appox 350G available for this LPAR. So we are considering replacing the 35G drives with some used drives about double the size.
Question: Can we leave the load source and replace only some of the drives (to avoid OS reload) ? If we have to reload or replace the load source, how does this affect the production LPAR (because the drives to be replaced are in the system unit ) ? Anyone been down this path before ?
And, yes, we are also looking at the new blade to replace the 520, but that won't happen in time for this project.
We are looking at a big development project which will require more than the appox 350G available for this LPAR. So we are considering replacing the 35G drives with some used drives about double the size.
Question: Can we leave the load source and replace only some of the drives (to avoid OS reload) ? If we have to reload or replace the load source, how does this affect the production LPAR (because the drives to be replaced are in the system unit ) ? Anyone been down this path before ?
And, yes, we are also looking at the new blade to replace the 520, but that won't happen in time for this project.
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